Leptochiton (mollusc)

Leptochiton
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent[1]
Leptochiton asellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Neoloricata
Family: Leptochitonidae
Subfamily: Leptochitoninae
Genus: Leptochiton
Gray, 1847

Leptochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc. Some Leptochiton species became extinct during the Pliocene period,[1] but there are also extant species.

Distribution

Worldwide.[2]

Species

References

  1. 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sirenko B.I. (2015). "Leptochiton antarcticus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) – a new species from the Southern Ocean". Ruthenica 25(4): 139-145. PDF.
    • Cook, Steve De C., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates Vol 1, Canterbury University Press, NZ 2010 ISBN 978-1877257-60-5
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