†family Ischnochitonidae Dall 1889 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Parent taxon: Acanthochitonina according to Y. Wu and D. E. Lee 2024

See also Abbott 1974, Beesley 1998, Martin 1904, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995 and Smith 1973

Sister taxa: Acanthochitonidae, Chitonidae, Loricidae

Subtaxa: Allochiton Callochitoninae Chaetopleurinae Cyanoplax Heterochiton Ischnochitoninae Lepidochitoninae Lepidozona Schizoplacinae Stenoplax Stenosemus Tonicella Tripoplax

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (35: Alaska, California, Florida)

• Pliocene of Italy (5), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Japan (1)

• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)

• Eocene of Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Washington)

• Jurassic of Germany (1), Italy (1)

Total: 59 collections including 131 occurrences

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