Emo Sutton et al. 2025 (chiton)

Polyplacophora

Full reference: M. D. Sutton, J. D. Sigwart, D. E. G. Briggs, P. Gueriau, A. King, D. J. Siveter, and D. J. Siveter. 2025. New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca. Nature 1-14

Parent taxon: Polyplacophora according to M. D. Sutton et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Dycheiidae, Heloplacidae, Mesoplacophora, Multiplacophora, Neoloricata, Paleoloricata, Prisochiton, Trachydermon, Oligochiton

Subtaxa: Emo vorticaudum

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Type: Emo vorticaudum

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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