Chiton antiquus Conrad 1855 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae

Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Descriptions of eighteen new Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:265-268

Belongs to Chiton according to T. A. Conrad 1855

Sister taxa: Chiton (Amaurochiton), Chiton (Chiton), Chiton (Poeciloplax), Chiton (Rhyssoplax), Chiton alveolus, Chiton cordatus, Chiton deshayesi, Chiton eocenensis, Chiton grignionensis, Chiton howseanus, Chiton koninckii, Chiton rhaeticus, Chiton sallustii, Chiton solaris, Chiton turberculatus

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chiton antiquus in the database

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