Lepidochitona lowei Pilsbry 1918 (chiton)
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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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