Family Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry 1893 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae

Parent taxon: Acanthochitonina according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Abbott 1974, Beesley 1998 and Ladd 1966

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Acanthochitona Acanthochitoninae Bassethullia Callistochitoninae Craspedochiton Cryptochiton Cryptoconchus Cryptoplax Leptoplax Notoplax

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Mexico (4), New Zealand (1), United States (15: California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Italy (6), the Marshall Islands (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Fiji (1), the Marshall Islands (5), Slovakia (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

Total: 38 collections including 45 occurrences

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