Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Alternative combination: Chiton grinionensis
Full reference: J. B. Lamarck. 1802. Premier mémoire. Mollusques testacées dont on trouve les dépouilles fossiles dans les environs de Paris. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 1:308-312
Belongs to Chiton according to G. P. Deshayes 1824
See also Lamarck 1802
Sister taxa: Chiton (Amaurochiton), Chiton (Chiton), Chiton (Poeciloplax), Chiton (Rhyssoplax), Chiton alveolus, Chiton antiquus, Chiton cordatus, Chiton deshayesi, Chiton eocenensis, Chiton howseanus, Chiton koninckii, Chiton rhaeticus, Chiton sallustii, Chiton solaris, Chiton turberculatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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