Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Leptochitonidae
Parent taxon: Lepidopleurina according to P. C. Zalvide et al. 2004
See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Schwabe and Lozouet 2006
Sister taxa: Acutichitonidae, Choriplacidae, Crassitudochitonidae, Glyptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Homeochiton, Lepidopleuridae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton
Subtaxa: Gifuchiton Leptochiton Leptochitoninae Pterochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Italy (3)
• Miocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Ukraine (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Permian of Japan (1), United States (2: Oregon, Texas)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: Ohio, Texas)
Total: 20 collections including 26 occurrences