Matthevia variabilis Walcott 1885 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata - Mattheviidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1885. Note on some Paleozoic pteropods. American Journal of Science 30:17-21

Belongs to Matthevia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Runnegar et al. 1979, Walcott 1885, Walcott 1886 and Walcott 1912

Sister taxa: Matthevia erecta, Matthevia wahwahensis, Matthevia walcotti

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Stansbury Mtns., House Range (Cambrian of Utah)

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