Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae
Parent taxon: Ischnochitoninae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
See also Abbott 1974, Berry 1922, Sepkoski 2002, Wells and Houston 2001 and Wu and Lee 2024
Sister taxon: Stenochiton
Subtaxa: Ischnochiton (Haploplax) Ischnochiton (Heterozona) Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) Ischnochiton (Rhombochiton) Ischnochiton (Simplischnochiton) Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) Ischnochiton anserinus Ischnochiton goederti Ischnochiton marloffsteinensis Ischnochiton martinelli Ischnochiton pectinatus Ischnochiton rissoi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: California, Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Italy (3), United States (1: California)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Jurassic of Germany (1)
Total: 12 collections including 18 occurrences
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