†Gryphochiton asamiae Hoare and Karasawa 2008 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Gryphochitonidae
Full reference: R. Hoare and H. Karasawa. 2008. Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusa) from the Akasaka Limestone, Gifu, Japan. Paleontological Research 12:321-327
Belongs to Gryphochiton according to R. Hoare and H. Karasawa 2008
Sister taxa: Gryphochiton distinctus, Gryphochiton girtyi, Gryphochiton planoplata
Type specimen: MFM250001, a partial shell (tail plate). Its type locality is Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal packstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka
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