Subfamily Leptochitoninae Dall 1889 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Leptochitonidae

Parent taxon: Leptochitonidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

Sister taxa: Gifuchiton, Leptochiton, Pterochiton

Subtaxa: Lepidopleurus

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Germany (1), New Zealand (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene of Ukraine (1)

Total: 8 collections including 11 occurrences

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