Cryptoconchus Burrow 1815 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae

Parent taxon: Acanthochitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthochitona, Acanthochitoninae, Bassethullia, Callistochitoninae, Craspedochiton, Cryptochiton, Cryptoplax, Leptoplax, Notoplax

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at N62/f585 Te Piki, Cape Runaway (Quaternary of New Zealand)

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