Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lekiskochitonidae
Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2024. А new species of the genus Lekiskochiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the Lower Permian reef limestones of Shakhtau (Southern Cis-Urals). Paleontological Journal 58:264-274
Belongs to Lekiskochiton according to A. V. Mazaev 2024
Sister taxon: Lekiskochiton fornicis
Type specimen: PIN 5538/7/294, a valve (tail valve). Its type locality is Shakhtau open pit, sample 7, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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