Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Parent taxon: Acanthochitonina according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Abbott 1974, Beesley 1998 and Ladd 1966
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Acanthochitona Acanthochitoninae Bassethullia Callistochitoninae Craspedochiton Cryptochiton Cryptoconchus Cryptoplax Leptoplax Notoplax
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Mexico (4), New Zealand (1), United States (15: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Italy (6), the Marshall Islands (1), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Fiji (1), the Marshall Islands (5), Slovakia (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 38 collections including 45 occurrences