Chiton howseanus Kirkby 1857 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae

Full reference: J. W. Kirkby. 1857. On some Permian fossils from Durham. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 13:213-218

Belongs to Chiton according to H. B. Geinitz 1861

See also Kirkby 1857

Sister taxa: Chiton (Amaurochiton), Chiton (Chiton), Chiton (Poeciloplax), Chiton (Rhyssoplax), Chiton alveolus, Chiton antiquus, Chiton cordatus, Chiton deshayesi, Chiton eocenensis, Chiton grignionensis, Chiton koninckii, Chiton rhaeticus, Chiton sallustii, Chiton solaris, Chiton turberculatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Tunstall Hill, Durham

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