Acanthochitona pygmaea Pilsbry 1893 (glass-hair chiton)

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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