Katharina Gray 1847 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Mopaliidae
Parent taxon: Mopaliidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Beesley 1998, Berry 1922 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amicula, Heterochitoninae, Katharininae, Mopalia, Mopaliinae, Placiphorella, Plaxiphora
Subtaxa: Katharina tunicata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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