†family Aulochitonidae Pojeta et al. 2010 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata - Aulochitonidae
Full reference: J., J.r. Pojeta, M. J. Vendrasco, and G. Darrough. 2010. Upper Cambrian chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from Missouri, USA. Bulletins of American Paleontology (379)1-182
Parent taxon: Paleoloricata according to J., Jr. Pojeta et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Alastega, Arctoplax, Bursata, Chelodina, Cobcrephora, Echinochitonidae, Enetoplax, Hawthorneachiton, Heloplax, Mattheviidae, Plectrochiton, Priscochiton, Probolaeum, Septemchiton, Septemchitonida, Solenocaris, Thairoplax
Subtaxa: Aulochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Missouri collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence