Diadeloplax antiqua Howse 1848 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Multiplacophora - Strobilepidae

Alternative combinations: Calyptraea antiqua, Chitonellus antiquus

Synonyms: Chitonellus distortus Kirkby 1859, Chitonellus hancockianus Kirkby 1859

Full reference: R. Howse. 1848. A catalogue of the fossils of the Permian system of the counties of Northumberland and Durham. Transactions of the Tyneside Naturalists' Field Club 1:219-264

Belongs to Diadeloplax according to R. D. Hoare and R. H. Mapes 2000

See also Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857 and Kirkby 1859

Sister taxon: Diadeloplax apiculatus

Type specimens:

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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