Previously Lepidochitonidae Iredale, 1914. Apophyses separated by a sinus; many slits in the insertion plates of the end valves, one or more slits in the intermediate valves.
Lepidochitona Gray, 1821:
« Tegmentum granulose, girdle covered with calcareous corpuscules with or without chitinous productions. » – Kaas & Van Belle: Monograph of Living Chitons, Leyden 1985, p.7.
