Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Callistoplacidae
Parent taxon: Callistoplacidae according to M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2022
See also Abbott 1974, Berry 1922, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Ceratozona, Middendorfia, Nuttallina
Subtaxa: Callistochiton asthenes Callistochiton crassicostatus Callistochiton decoratus Callistochiton elenensis Callistochiton palmulatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (6 collections), United States (17: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 29 collections including 48 occurrences
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