''Callochiton'' is a
genus
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of
chiton
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometimes known as gumboots or sea cradles or coat-of-mail sh ...
s in the
family
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Callochitonidae.
[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]
Species
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Callochiton crocinus
''Callochiton crocinus'' is a species of chiton or "sea cradle" in the family Callochitonidae. It occurs on the shores of the Australia-New Zealand region. Locally, it is known as "smooth chiton", but that name is elsewhere applied to other spe ...
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(Reeve, 1847)
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Callochiton dentatus
''Callochiton dentatus'', the broad chiton, is a medium to large-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Callochitonidae, found on the coast of southern Africa.
Description
This is a very flat and broad chiton with valves that are dark b ...
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, 1797
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Callochiton empleurus
''Callochiton empleurus'' is a species of chiton
Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
They are also sometim ...
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(Hutton, 1872)
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Callochiton kapitiensis''
Mestayer, 1926
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Callochiton laevis''
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Callochiton mortenseni
''Callochiton mortenseni'' is a species of chiton in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the famil ...
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Odhner, 1924
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Callochiton puniceus
''Callochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Callochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1 ...
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(Gould, 1846)
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Callochiton septemvalvis
''Callochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Callochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1 ...
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( Montagu, 1803)
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Callochiton subeudoxa
''Callochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Callochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1 ...
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( Iredale and Hull, 1930
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Callochiton sulculatus
''Callochiton'' is a genus of chitons in the family Callochitonidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Callochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1 ...
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Suter, 1907
References
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. (1929). The loricates of the neozelanic region. Australian Zoologist 6: 75-95.
* Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
* Liu, J.Y.
uiyu(ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
Gray, J. E. (1847). Additional observations on Chitones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15 (178): 126-127Cotton, B. C. & Weeding, B. J. (1939). Flindersian Loricates. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 63(2): 180-199Ashby, E. & Cotton, B. C. (1939). New fossil chitons from the Miocene and Pliocene of Victoria. Records of the South Australian Museum. 6(3): 209–242, pls. 19–21
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Callochitonidae
Extant Oligocene first appearances
Chiton genera