†Acutichiton gracilis Hoare et al. 2002 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare, L.P. Plas, and T.E. Yancey. 2002. Permian Polyplacophra (Mollusca) from Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 76(2):256-264
Belongs to Acutichiton according to R. D. Hoare et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Acutichiton nevadensis, Acutichiton pannuceus, Acutichiton pyrmidalus
Type specimen: UI x8872, a valve (tail plate). Its type locality is Dry Lake Range, Clark County, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Bird Spring Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Dry Lake Range, Clark County
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