Helminthochiton
Extinct genus of molluscs
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Helminthochiton is an extinct genus of polyplacophoran mollusc. Helminthochiton became extinct during the Permian period.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Lepidopleurida |
| Family: | Leptochitonidae |
| Subfamily: | †Helminthochitoninae |
| Genus: | †Helminthochiton |
Helminthochiton grayiae was recognised as the type species for Septemchiton. This was named for Elizabeth Gray who collected fossils at Girvan.[2]
Helminthochiton thraivensis has been reassigned to the genus Phthipodochiton in 2012.[3]
