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Callochiton

Callochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae.

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Jul 24, 2026
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Length
322 w
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Source
Callochiton
Temporal range:
Callochiton crocinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Chitonina
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Callochitoninae
Genus: Callochiton
Gray, 1847
Type species
Chiton laevis Pennant, 1777 sensu Montagu, 1803
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Acutoplax Cotton & Weeding, 1939 ·
  • Callochiton (Callochiton) Gray, 1847 · alternate representation
  • Callochiton (Icoplax) Thiele, 1893
  • Callochiton (Ocellochiton) Ashby, 1939
  • Callochiton (Stereochiton) Carpenter [in Dall], 1882
  • Callochiton (Trachyradsia) Carpenter, 1878
  • Chiton (Callochiton) Gray, 1847
  • Icoplax Thiele, 1893
  • Ischnochiton (Trachyradsia) Carpenter, 1878
  • Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939
  • Paricoplax Iredale & Hull, 1929 ·
  • Stereochiton Carpenter in Dall, 1882

Callochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae.2

Species

References

References

  1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Callochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138085 on 2022-06-22
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