Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare and R. H. Mapes. 1985. New Mississippian and Pennsylvanian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from North America. Journal of Paleontology 59(4):875-881
Parent taxon: Lepidopleuridae according to R. D. Hoare and R. H. Mapes 1985
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asketochiton, Camptochiton, Coryssochiton, Glaphurochiton, Hadrochiton, Hanleyella, Lekiskochiton, Lobarochiton, Oldroydia, Pedanochiton, Pileochiton, Schematochiton, Stegochiton
Subtaxa: Colapterochiton decorus
Type: Colapterochiton decorus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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