Paleocene genus Incisiochiton Van Belle, 1985 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with the description of a new species from Ukraine

B.I. Sirenko and B. Dell’Angelo

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2023, 327(1): 128–134 · https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2023.327.1.128

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Abstract

The intraspecific variability of the type species of the genus Incisiochiton is discussed and a new species of this genus from Paleocene deposits of Ukraine is described. The new species differs from the type species of the genus by the presence of oval pustules near the jugum and strongly curved ribs in the central area.

Key words

Cenozoic, fossil chitons, new species, Schizochitonidae, variability

Submitted November 17, 2022 · Accepted February 15, 2023 · Published March 25, 2023

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