Family Schizochitonidae Dall 1885 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Schizochitonidae
Parent taxon: Ischnochitonina according to A. G. Smith 1973
See also Beesley 1998 and Ladd 1966
Sister taxa: Mopaliidae, Pterygochiton
Subtaxa: Aulacochiton Loricella Oochiton Schizochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Marshall Islands (2 collections)
• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (7), Palau (1)
• Cretaceous of Puerto Rico (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence