Family Callistoplacidae Dall 1879 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Callistoplacidae
Alternative spelling: Callistoplacinae
Parent taxon: Chitonida according to M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2022
See also Abbott 1974, Beesley 1998 and Marquet et al. 2008
Sister taxon: Acanthochitonina
Subtaxa: Callistochiton Ceratozona Middendorfia Nuttallina
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (7 collections), United States (19: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 33 collections including 58 occurrences