Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Lepidopleuridae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare and A. G. Smith. 1984. Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 58(1):82-103
Parent taxon: Lepidopleuridae according to R. D. Hoare and N. Sabattini 2000
See also Hoare and Smith 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asketochiton, Camptochiton, Colapterochiton, Coryssochiton, Glaphurochiton, Hadrochiton, Hanleyella, Lobarochiton, Oldroydia, Pedanochiton, Pileochiton, Schematochiton
Subtaxa: Stegochiton coxi Stegochiton onerosus
Type: Stegochiton coxi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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