Acanthochitona pygmaea Pilsbry 1893 (glass-hair chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Alternative combination: Acanthochites pygmaeus
Belongs to Acanthochitona according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acanthochitona avicula, Acanthochitona crinita, Acanthochitona fascicularis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Leisey Shell Pit 1 - Bone bed (Mollusca) (Quaternary of Florida)
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