Chaetopleura Shuttleworth 1853 (chiton)
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Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Chaetopleuridae
Parent taxon: Chaetopleuridae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Abbott 1974, Berry 1922, Martin 1904, Sepkoski 2002 and Vendrasco et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Calloplax, Dinoplax
Subtaxa: Chaetopleura (Pallochiton) Chaetopleura apiculata Chaetopleura gemma Chaetopleura peruvianus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (11: California, Florida, North Carolina collections)
• Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of United States (3: California, New Jersey)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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