†family Heloplacidae Cherns 2004 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Heloplacidae

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

Sister taxa: Dycheiidae, Emo, Mesoplacophora, Multiplacophora, Neoloricata, Prisochiton, Trachydermon, Oligochiton

Subtaxa: Acaenoplax Enetoplax Heloplax

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Type: Heloplax

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Silurian of Sweden (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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