Amblytochiton incomptus Hoare and Pojeta 2006 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Septemchitonida - Alastegiidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare and J., J.r. Pojeta. 2006. Ordovician Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from North America. 80(sp64):1-27

Belongs to Amblytochiton according to R. D. Hoare and J., Jr. Pojeta 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 523956, a partial shell (tail plate). Its type locality is USGS 6034-CO, Sulphur Well(s), New Watts Mill Rd., Little Hickman A section, which is in a Rocklandian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Tyrone Limestone Formation of Kentucky.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at USGS 6034-CO, Sulphur Well(s), New Watts Mill Rd., Little Hickman A section

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