Oligochiton lioplax Berry 1922 (chiton)

Polyplacophora

Full reference: S. S. Berry. 1922. Fossil chitons of Western North America. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11(18):399-526

Belongs to Oligochiton according to B. L. Clark and R. Arnold 1923

See also Berry 1922

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SSB 608. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Kirby Creek, east

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