Craspedochiton Shuttleworth 1853 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Parent taxon: Acanthochitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Acanthochitona, Acanthochitoninae, Bassethullia, Callistochitoninae, Cryptochiton, Cryptoconchus, Cryptoplax, Leptoplax, Notoplax
Subtaxa: Craspedochiton altavillensis Craspedochiton eernissei
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Italy (6 collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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