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Permochiton

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Permochiton
Temporal range: Permian[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Lepidopleurida
Family: Leptochitonidae
Subfamily: Helminthochitoninae
Genus: Permochiton
Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. 1926 A monograph of the Australian Loricates (Phylum Mollusca Order Loricata), VIII. Australian Zoologist 4, 324–328.

Permochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Permochiton became extinct during the Permian period.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.