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†family Choriplacidae (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Choriplacidae

Parent taxon: Lepidopleurina according to R. D. Hoare 2000

See also Beesley 1998

Sister taxa: Acutichitonidae, Crassitudochitonidae, Glyptochitonidae, Hanleyidae, Homeochiton, Lepidopleuridae, Leptochitonidae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton

Subtaxa: Choriplax Plasiochiton

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Abandoned shale pit, intersection of US 11-15 & Penn. 104, Perry Co., PA (Devonian of Pennsylvania)

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