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Leptochitonidae
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Leptochitonidae

Leptochitonidae is a family of polyplacophoran mollusc. While the subfamily Leptochitoninae has both extant and extinct species, all members of Helminthochitoninae are extinct.

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6 branches of this family, most-observed first

Leptochiton

genusLeptochiton

Lepidopleurus

genusLepidopleurus

Parachiton

genusParachiton

Belknapchiton

genusBelknapchiton

Kaasichiton

genusKaasichiton

Pycnodontochiton

genusPycnodontochiton

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 53834.