Order Lepidopleurida Thiele 1910 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Lepidopleurida
Parent taxon: Neoloricata according to Y. Wu and D. E. Lee 2024
Sister taxa: Abyssochitonidae, Afossochiton, Austrochiton, Beloplaxus, Callochitonida, Chaetopleuridae, Chitonida, Chitonina, Crenatolorica, Cryptoplacidae, Cymatochitonina, Elachychiton, Eulachychiton, Euleptochiton, Guildingia, Ischnochitonina, Kindbladochiton, Laculina, Lavenachiton, Lepidopleurina, Lirachiton, Llandeilochiton, Loboarochiton, Mesochiton, Permochiton, Proleptochiton, Protalochiton, Protochiton, Pseudoischnochiton, Trachypleura, Xylochitonidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lepidopleurida in the database