†Alastega martini Hoare and Pojeta 2006 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata
Full reference: R. D. Hoare and J., J.r. Pojeta. 2006. Ordovician Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from North America. 80(sp64):1-27
Belongs to Alastega according to R. D. Hoare and J., Jr. Pojeta 2006
Sister taxon: Alastega lira
Type specimen: USNM 523945, a valve (Plate I). Its type locality is USGS 6915-CO. Boyle County Quarry northeast of Perryville, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Lexington Limestone Formation of Kentucky.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Kentucky collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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