Placiphorella Carpenter 1879 (chiton)
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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
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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