Cryptochiton Middendorff 1847 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Parent taxon: Acanthochitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Berry 1922 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthochitona, Acanthochitoninae, Bassethullia, Callistochitoninae, Craspedochiton, Cryptoconchus, Cryptoplax, Leptoplax, Notoplax
Subtaxa: Cryptochiton stelleri
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (4 collections), United States (12: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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