Schizochiton Gray 1847 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Schizochitonidae
Parent taxon: Schizochitonidae according to H. S. Ladd 1966
See also Beesley 1998, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells and Houston 2001
Sister taxa: Aulacochiton, Lorica, Loricella, Oochiton
Subtaxa: Schizochiton incisus Schizochiton marshallensis
Type: Chiton incisus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (7 collections), Palau (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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