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Lirachiton Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Lepidopleurida
Suborder:	Lepidopleurina
Family:	†Afossochitonidae
Genus:	†Lirachiton
Synonyms
Acanthochiton (Lirachiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † Acanthochitona (Lirachiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939

Lirachiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran molluscs. Lirachiton became extinct in the Pliocene period.

Species

• † Lirachiton inexpectus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939)

References

1. ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lirachiton Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1375978 on 2022-06-11

External links

• Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1939). New fossil chitons from the Miocene and Pliocene of Victoria. Records of the South Australian Museum. 6(3): 209–242, pls. 19–21

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