Family Loricidae Iredale and Hull 1923 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Loricidae
Parent taxon: Acanthochitonina according to Y. Wu and D. E. Lee 2024
Sister taxa: Acanthochitonidae, Chitonidae, Ischnochitonidae
Subtaxa: Lorica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Cosy Dell Farm (Oligocene of New Zealand)