†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, Hanleyidae, Homeochiton, Leptochitonidae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton
Subtaxa: Asketochiton Camptochiton Coryssochiton Hadrochiton Hanleyella Lekiskochiton Oldroydia Pedanochiton Pileochiton Schematochiton Stegochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Permian of Argentina (1), Malaysia (1), United States (35: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 39 collections including 44 occurrences