Tonicella Carpenter 1873 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Ischnochitonidae
Parent taxon: Ischnochitonidae according to R. T. Abbott 1974
See also Berry 1922 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allochiton, Callochitoninae, Chaetopleurinae, Cyanoplax, Heterochiton, Ischnochitoninae, Lepidochitoninae, Lepidozona, Schizoplacinae, Stenoplax, Stenosemus, Tripoplax
Subtaxa: Tonicella lineata Tonicella marmorea
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (3 collections), United States (7: Alaska, California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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