Subfamily Acanthopleurinae Thiele 1910 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Parent taxon: Chitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Chiton, Chitoninae, Onithochiton, Toniciinae
Subtaxa: Acanthopleura
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Mandu Mandu Creek rockshelter (Quaternary of Australia)