†subfamily Lepidochitoninae (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Parent taxon: Ischnochitonidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Beesley 1998 and Berry 1922
Sister taxa: Allochiton, Callochitoninae, Chaetopleurinae, Cyanoplax, Heterochiton, Ischnochitoninae, Lepidozona, Schizoplacinae, Stenoplax, Stenosemus, Tonicella, Tripoplax
Subtaxa: Lepidochitona Particulazona Subterenochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), United States (1: Washington)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences