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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