Mopalia (Dendrochiton) Berry 1911 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Mopaliidae
Alternative spelling: Dendrochiton
Parent taxon: Mopalia according to R. T. Abbott 1974
Sister taxa: Mopalia acuta, Mopalia ciliata, Mopalia hindsii, Mopalia imporcata, Mopalia lignosa, Mopalia lowei, Mopalia muscosa, Mopalia sinuata
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at San Nicholas Island (SN-1) ( of California)