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

Callochiton
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent[1]
Callochiton crocinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
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

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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

Species

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References

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  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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