Protochonetes

Protochenetes; Temporal range: Silurian-Devonian
Conservation status
	Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Strophomenata
Order:	Productida
Suborder:	Chonetedina
Superfamily:	Chonetoidea
Family:	Strophonochetidae
Subfamily:	Strophonochetinae
Genus:	Protochonetes; Muir-Wood, 1962
species
	P. ludloviensis Muir-Wood, 1962 (type); P. harricanensis Jin et al., 1993; P. elyensis Sheehan, 1982; P. striatellus (Dalman, 1828); P. piltenensis Rybnikova, 1967; P. minimus (Sowerby, 1839); P. novoscotius; P. ceratoides; P. latus;

Protochonetes is an extinct genus of brachiopods. Its shell was lined with spines.

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