Callistochiton

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

Callistochiton
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene[1]
Callistochiton pulchellus found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Ischnochitoninae
Genus: Callistochiton
Dall, 1879
Species[2]
  • Callistochiton adenensis (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  • Callistochiton aepynotus Dall, 1919
  • Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
  • Callistochiton ashbyi (Barnard, 1963)
  • Callistochiton asthenes (Berry, 1919)
  • Callistochiton augustensis Ashby & Cotton, 1937
  • Callistochiton barnardi Leloup, 1981
  • Callistochiton belliatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Callistochiton biakensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Callistochiton broomensis Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • Callistochiton clenchi Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • Callistochiton colimensis (A. G. Smith, 1961)
  • Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893
  • Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907
  • Callistochiton decoratus Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893
  • Callistochiton elenensis (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
  • Callistochiton expressus (Carpenter, 1865)
  • Callistochiton generos (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  • Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923
  • Callistochiton indicus Leloup, 1953
  • Callistochiton jacobaeus (Gould, 1859)
  • Callistochiton laticostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Callistochiton leei Ferreira, 1979
  • Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916
  • Callistochiton occiduus Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  • Callistochiton omanensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Callistochiton pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879)
  • Callistochiton palmulatus Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879
  • Callistochiton philippinarum Thiele, 1909
  • Callistochiton porosus Nierstrasz, 1905
  • Callistochiton portobelensis Ferreira, 1976
  • Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828)
  • Callistochiton pulchrior Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893
  • Callistochiton righii Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  • Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981
  • Callistochiton shuttleworthianus Pilsbry, 1893
  • Callistochiton squamigercostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994

References
  1. 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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