Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Alternative spelling: Ischnochiton (Stenoplax)
Parent taxon: Ischnochitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Berry 1922, Oldroyd 1925 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allochiton, Callochitoninae, Chaetopleurinae, Cyanoplax, Heterochiton, Ischnochitoninae, Lepidochitoninae, Lepidozona, Schizoplacinae, Stenosemus, Tonicella, Tripoplax
Subtaxa: Ischnochiton (Stenoplax) conspicua Stenoplax (Stenoradsia) Stenoplax conspicua Stenoplax fallax Stenoplax heathiana Stenoplax magdalenensis Stenoplax quimperensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (3 collections), United States (24: California)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Washington)
Total: 32 collections including 46 occurrences
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