Acaenoplax Sutton et al. 2001 (chiton)

Polyplacophora - Heloplacidae

Full reference: M. D. Sutton, D. E. G. Briggs, D. J. Siveter and D. J. Siveter. 2001. An exceptionally preserved vermiform mollusc from the Silurian of England. Nature 410:461

Parent taxon: Heloplacidae according to M. D. Sutton et al. 2025

See also Sutton et al. 2001 and Sutton et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Enetoplax, Heloplax

Subtaxa: Acaenoplax hayae

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Type: Acaenoplax hayae

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Herefordshire Konservat-Lagerstätte (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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