Kraterochiton magnificus Hoare 2000 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acutichitonidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 2000. New Permian Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from Malaysia. Jounral of Paleontology 74(4):571-574

Belongs to Kraterochiton according to R. D. Hoare 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UM 2730, a shell. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar

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