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
- Cryptoconchus porosus - the butterfly chiton
- Cryptoconchus floridanus - the white-barred chiton
Extinct species
The genus is also represented in the fossil record, in Pliocene and Pleistocene rocks.{{Fossil chiton catalogue}}
References
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- {{ITIS |id=79053 |taxon=Cryptoconchus}}
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{ISBN|0-00-216906-1}}
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Category:Extant Pliocene first appearances
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