Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae

Parent taxon: Ischnochitonidae according to A. G. Smith 1973

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allochiton, Callochitoninae, Chaetopleurinae, Cyanoplax, Ischnochitoninae, Lepidochitoninae, Lepidozona, Schizoplacinae, Stenoplax, Stenosemus, Tonicella, Tripoplax

Subtaxa: Heterochiton buccai Heterochiton compressus Heterochiton giganteus Heterochiton vinassai Heterochiton zitteli

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Montagna di Casale (Jurassic of Italy)

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