†subfamily Katharininae (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Mopaliidae
Parent taxon: Mopaliidae according to P. L. Beesley 1998
Sister taxa: Heterochitoninae, Mopaliinae, Placiphorella, Plaxiphora
Subtaxa: Katharina
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer