Placiphorella Carpenter 1879 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Mopaliidae

Parent taxon: Mopaliidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974

See also Berry 1922, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: Amicula, Heterochitoninae, Katharina, Katharininae, Mopalia, Mopaliinae, Plaxiphora

Subtaxa: Placiphorella velata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (7: California collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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