Polyplacophora - Paleoloricata - Mattheviidae
Synonym: Elongata Stinchcomb and Darrough 1995
Full reference: C. Butts. 1941. Geology of the Appalachian Valley in Virginia. Part II ' Fossil plates and explanations. Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 52:1-271
Parent taxon: Mattheviidae according to J., Jr. Pojeta et al. 2010
See also Runnegar et al. 1979, Sepkoski 2002 and Stinchcomb and Darrough 1995
Sister taxa: Calceochiton, Chelodes, Conodia, Eukteanochiton, Matthevia, Qaleruaqia, Robustum, Spicuchelodes
Subtaxa: Hemithecella abrupta Hemithecella eminensis Hemithecella expansa Hemithecella quinquelites
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Missouri, Virginia collections)
• Tremadoc of United States (5: Missouri)
• Cambrian of United States (6: Missouri)
Total: 14 collections including 17 occurrences
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