Lepidochitona lowei Pilsbry 1918 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Alternative combinations: Cyanoplax lowei, Trachydermon lowei

Synonym: Cyanoplax fackenthallae Berry 1919

Belongs to Lepidochitona according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Berry 1922

Sister taxa: Lepidochitona (Lepidochitona), Lepidochitona caprearum, Lepidochitona gantensis, Lepidochitona squiresi, Lepidochitona szoetsi, Lepidochitona viciani, Lepidochitona washingtonensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Chiton Bed, Point Fermin [Quaternary terrace] (Quaternary of California)

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