†family Acutichitonidae Hoare et al. 1983 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare, R. H. Mapes, and D.E. Atwater. 1983. Pennsylvanian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from Oklahoma and Texas. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):992-1000
Parent taxon: Lepidopleurina according to R. D. Hoare and A. G. Smith 1984
See also Debrock et al. 1984
Sister taxa: Choriplacidae, Crassitudochitonidae, Glyptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Homeochiton, Lepidopleuridae, Leptochitonidae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton
Subtaxa: Acutichiton Arcochiton Kraterochiton Soleachiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: