†subfamily Chitoninae Linnaeus 1758 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae

Parent taxon: Chitonidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995

See also Abbott 1974 and Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: Acanthopleurinae, Chiton, Onithochiton, Toniciinae

Subtaxa: Enoplochiton Mucrosquama Sypharochiton Tegulaplax Tonicia

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Chile (1 collection), Panama (1), Tuvalu (1)

• Pliocene of Fiji (1), the Marshall Islands (2)

• Miocene of Fiji (1), Palau (1)

• Eocene of Hungary (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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