Priscochiton canadensis Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Aculifera - Paleoloricata

Alternative combinations: Chiton canadensis, Prisochiton canadensis

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Priscochiton according to A. G. Smith and R. D. Hoare 1987

See also Billings 1865, Dall 1881 and Wilson 1951

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: G.S.C1252, a shell.

Distribution: found only at Wilson Loc 001. Paquette Rapids, east end of Allumette Island (Ordovician of Quebec)

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