Leptochitonidae
Appearance
Leptochitonidae | |
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Leptochiton asellus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Lepidopleurida |
Suborder: | Lepidopleurina |
Family: | Leptochitonidae Dall, 1889 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
Lepidopleuridae |
Leptochitonidae is a family of polyplacophoran mollusc. While the subfamily Leptochitoninae has both extant and extinct species, all members of Helminthochitoninae are extinct.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.