†family Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry 1892 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Parent taxon: Lepidopleurina according to R. D. Hoare 2002
See also Abbott 1974, Beesley 1998 and Debrock et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Acutichitonidae, Choriplacidae, Crassitudochitonidae, Glyptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Homeochiton, Leptochitonidae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton
Subtaxa: Asketochiton Camptochiton Colapterochiton Coryssochiton Glaphurochiton Hadrochiton Hanleyella Lekiskochiton Lobarochiton Oldroydia Pedanochiton Pileochiton Schematochiton Stegochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
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