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Protochiton
Temporal range: Eocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Family: Protochitonidae
Genus: Protochiton
Ashby, 1925

Protochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Protochiton became extinct during the Eocene period.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.