†family Lepidopleuridae Pilsbry 1892 (chiton)
Parent taxon: Lepidopleurina according to R. D. Hoare 2002
Sister taxa: Acutichitonidae, Choriplacidae, Crassitudochitonidae, Gryphochitonidae, Homeochiton, Leptochitonidae, Ochmazochitonidae, Pyknochiton
Subtaxa: Asketochiton, Camptochiton, Chauliochiton, Coryssochiton, Hadrochiton, Hanleyella, Helminthochiton, Lekiskochiton, Oldroydia, Pedanochiton, Pileochiton, Pterochiton, Schematochiton, Stegochiton
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer