Mopalia Gray 1847 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Mopaliidae
Parent taxon: Mopaliidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Berry 1922
Sister taxa: Amicula, Heterochitoninae, Katharina, Katharininae, Mopaliinae, Placiphorella, Plaxiphora
Subtaxa: Mopalia (Dendrochiton) Mopalia acuta Mopalia ciliata Mopalia hindsii Mopalia imporcata Mopalia lignosa Mopalia lowei Mopalia muscosa Mopalia sinuata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (41: California)
Total: 47 collections including 73 occurrences
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