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Thermochiton

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Thermochiton
Shell of Thermochiton papuaensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Genus: Thermochiton
Saito & Okutani, 1990
Type species
Thermochiton undocostatus Saito & Okutani, 1990

Thermochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs in the family Ischnochitonidae.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Thermochiton Saito & Okutani, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385552 on 2022-09-27
  • Saito, O.; Okutani, T. (1990). Two New Chitons (Mollusca:Polyplacophora) from a Hydrothermal Vent Site of the Iheya Small Ridge, Okinawa Trough, East China Sea. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 49(3): 165-179