Cryptoconchus

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Cryptoconchus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Superfamily: Cryptoplacoidea
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthochitoninae
Genus: Cryptoconchus
Burrows, 1815
Species

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Cryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae. They are large elongated chitons with a fleshy, smooth girdle that almost completely covers the valves.

[edit] Species

  • Cryptoconchus floridanus (Dall, 1889) - white-barred chiton
  • Cryptoconchus porosus (Burrow, 1815) - butterfly chiton

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