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:
- Diadeloplax antiqua: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, Durham (Howse collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
- Chitonellus distortus: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Chitonellus hancockianus: Its type locality is Tunstall Hill, shell limestone, Durham (Kirkby collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian perireef or subreef grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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