Callistochiton

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Callistochiton
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene[1]
"Callistochiton pulchellus" found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
found in , Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Callistochiton
Dall, 1879
Species[2]
  • (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  • Dall, 1919
  • (Reeve, 1847)
  • (Barnard, 1963)
  • (Berry, 1919)
  • Ashby & Cotton, 1937
  • Leloup, 1981
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • (A. G. Smith, 1961)
  • Pilsbry, 1893
  • Sykes, 1907
  • Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893
  • (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
  • (Carpenter, 1865)
  • (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  • Hull, 1923
  • Leloup, 1953
  • (Gould, 1859)
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Ferreira, 1979
  • Iredale & May, 1916
  • Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • (Monterosato, 1879)
  • Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
  • Thiele, 1909
  • Nierstrasz, 1905
  • Ferreira, 1976
  • (Gray, 1828)
  • Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Leloup, 1981
  • Pilsbry, 1893
  • Kaas & Van Belle, 1994

Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton Dall, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138084 on 2019-03-06


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