Aaptochiton pustulosus Hoare and Karasawa 2008 (chiton)

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 Aaptochiton according to R. Hoare and H. Karasawa 2008

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MFM250014, a partial shell (intermediate 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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