Biology:Schizochiton

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Short description: Extinct genus of molluscs

Schizochiton
Temporal range: Miocene[1]
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Schizochitonidae
Genus: Schizochiton
Gray, 1847

Schizochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Schizochiton is known from Miocene fossils,[1] as well as extant species.

Extant species

  • Schizochiton incisus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1841)
  • Schizochiton jousseaumei Dupuis, 1917

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3073863 entry