Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 8047

Parent taxon: Acanthochitonidae according to G. Rosenberg 2005

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

Subtaxa: Acanthochitona avicula, Acanthochitona crinita, Acanthochitona fascicularis, Acanthochitona pygmaea

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Type: Chiton fascicularis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer