Lepidozona scrobiculata Middendorff 1847 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Alternative combination: Chiton scrobiculatus

Synonyms: Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) sinudentatus Carpenter 1892, Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) sinudentatus Carpenter 1892

Belongs to Lepidozona according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Berry 1922

Sister taxa: Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) pectinatus, Ischnochiton (Lepidozona) pectinulatus, Lepidozona cooperi, Lepidozona cowlitzensis, Lepidozona mertensii, Lepidozona sanctaemonicae

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Deadman Island (Quaternary of California)

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