Cryptoconchus

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}

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| fossil_range = {{geo range|Pliocene|Recent|ref={{Fossil chiton catalogue}}}}

| image = Cryptoconchus porosus (butterfly chiton).JPG

| image_caption = The butterfly chiton, Cryptoconchus porosus.

| taxon = Cryptoconchus

| authority = Blainville in Burrow, 1815

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{bold species list

|C. floridanus|(Dall, 1889)

|C. porosus|(Burrow, 1815)}}

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Cryptoconchus is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae.

Species

Extinct species

The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.{{Fossil chiton catalogue}}

References

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Category:Acanthochitonidae

Category:Extant Pliocene first appearances

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