Cryptoconchus

Cryptoconchus Temporal range: Pliocene–Recent[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Neoloricata
Family:	Acanothochitonidae
Genus:	Cryptoconchus Blainville in Burrow, 1815
Species
C. floridanus (Dall, 1889) C. porosus (Burrow, 1815)

Cryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.

Species

C. porosus

Cryptoconchus porosus, common name the butterfly chiton, is a large chiton with the following synonyms:

Chiton porosus Burrow, 1815
Cryptoplax depressus Blainville, 1818
Chiton leachi Blainville, 1825
Chiton monticularis Quoy and Gaimard, 1835
Cryptoconchus stewartianus Rochebrune, 1882
Acanthochites porosus Suter, 1913

C. floridanus

This species is known as the white-barred chiton.

Extinct species

The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.^[1]

References

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

• "Cryptoconchus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79053. 
• Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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