''Callochiton'' is a
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of
chitons in the
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Callochitonidae
Callochitonidae is a family of molluscs belonging to the order Chitonida.
Genera:
* ''Callochiton'' Gray, 1847
* '' Eudoxochiton'' Shuttleworth, 1853
* ''Leloupia
''Leloupia'' is a monotypic genus of chitons belonging to the family Callochitoni ...
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[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
* ''
Callochiton crocinus''
(Reeve, 1847)
* ''
Callochiton dentatus''
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* ''
Callochiton empleurus
''Callochiton empleurus'' is a species of chiton in the family
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(Hutton, 1872)
* ''
Callochiton kapitiensis''
Mestayer, 1926
* ''
Callochiton laevis''
* ''
Callochiton mortenseni''
Odhner, 1924
* ''
Callochiton puniceus''
(Gould, 1846)
* ''
Callochiton septemvalvis''
( Montagu, 1803)
* ''
Callochiton subeudoxa''
( Iredale and Hull, 1930
* ''
Callochiton sulculatus''
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