WoRMS taxon details

Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879

138084  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138084)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Chitonina (Suborder)
  8. Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Callistoplacidae (Family)
  10. Callistochiton (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Callistelasma Iredale & Hull, 1925 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Chiton (Callistochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1879 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Lophochiton Ashby, 1923 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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  1. Species Callistochiton adenensis (E. A. Smith, 1891)
  2. Species Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
  3. Species Callistochiton ashbyi (Barnard, 1963)
  4. Species Callistochiton asthenes (S. S. Berry, 1919)
  5. Species Callistochiton augustensis Ashby & Cotton, 1937
  6. Species Callistochiton barnardi Leloup, 1981
  7. Species Callistochiton belliatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  8. Species Callistochiton biakensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  9. Species Callistochiton broomensis Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  10. Species Callistochiton clenchi Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  11. Species Callistochiton colimensis (A. G. Smith, 1961)
  12. Species Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893
  13. Species Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907
  14. Species Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
  15. Species Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  16. Species Callistochiton expressus (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
  17. Species Callistochiton generos (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
  18. Species Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923
  19. Species Callistochiton guerreroensis Reyes-Gómez & Ríos-Jara, 2023
  20. Species Callistochiton indicus Leloup, 1953
  21. Species Callistochiton jacobaeus (A. Gould, 1859)
  22. Species Callistochiton laticostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  23. Species Callistochiton leei A. J. Ferreira, 1979
  24. Species Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916
  25. Species Callistochiton occiduus Ashby & Cotton, 1934
  26. Species Callistochiton omanensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  27. Species Callistochiton pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879)
  28. Species Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
  29. Species Callistochiton philippinarum Thiele, 1909
  30. Species Callistochiton porosus Nierstrasz, 1905
  31. Species Callistochiton portobelensis A. J. Ferreira, 1976
  32. Species Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828)
  33. Species Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
  34. Species Callistochiton righii Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  35. Species Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981
  36. Species Callistochiton shuttleworthianus Pilsbry, 1893
  37. Species Callistochiton squamigercostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
  38. Subgenus Callistochiton (Lophochiton) Ashby, 1923 accepted as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
    1. Species Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus Kaas, 1956 accepted as Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923
  39. Species Callistochiton acinatus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
  40. Species Callistochiton aepynotus Dall, 1919 accepted as Mopalia sinuata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
  41. Species Callistochiton carmenae A. G. Smith & A. J. Ferreira, 1977 accepted as Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828) (junior subjective synonym)
  42. Species Callistochiton carpenteri Nierstrasz, 1905 accepted as Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus Kaas, 1956 accepted as Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Callistochiton carpenteri (Clessin, 1903); C. carpenterianus is a replacement name)
  43. Species Callistochiton celetus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
  44. Species Callistochiton chthonius Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
  45. Species Callistochiton connellyi Willett, 1937 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  46. Species Callistochiton cyanosus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
  47. Species Callistochiton diegoensis Thiele, 1909 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  48. Species Callistochiton duncanus Dall, 1919 accepted as Calloplax duncana (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
  49. Species Callistochiton edwini Mello & Pinto, 1989 accepted as Ischnoplax edwini (Mello & Pinto, 1989) (original combination)
  50. Species Callistochiton finschi Thiele, 1909 accepted as Lepidozona luzonica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  51. Species Callistochiton fisheri Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
  52. Species Callistochiton flavidus Thiele, 1909 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  53. Species Callistochiton gabbi Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  54. Species Callistochiton gatliffi Ashby, 1927 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
  55. Species Callistochiton heterodon Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893) accepted as Rhyssoplax heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893) (original combination)
  56. Species Callistochiton incurvatus Leloup, 1953 accepted as Ischnoplax incurvata (Leloup, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Callistochiton infortunatus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  58. Species Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981 accepted as Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981) represented as Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981) (superseded combination)
  59. Species Callistochiton leidensis Nierstrasz, 1905 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior subjective synonym)
  60. Species Callistochiton madagassicus Thiele, 1910 accepted as Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  61. Species Callistochiton meridionalis Ashby, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
  62. Species Callistochiton periconis Dall, 1908 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
  63. Species Callistochiton rotundus Leloup, 1981 accepted as Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981 (incorrect spelling of the species name)
  64. Species Callistochiton sarcophagus E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
  65. Species Callistochiton viaderi Leloup, 1941 accepted as Rhyssoplax barnardi (Ashby, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  66. Species Callistochiton viviparus Plate, 1899 accepted as Calloplax vivipara (Plate, 1899) (original combination)
  67. Subgenus Callistochiton (Allerychiton) Dell'Angelo & Oliverio, 1998 represented as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
    1. Species Callistochiton (Allerychiton) pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879) represented as Callistochiton pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879)
  68. Subgenus Callistochiton (Callistassecla) Iredale & Hull, 1925 represented as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
    1. Species Callistochiton (Callistassecla) barnardi Leloup, 1981 accepted as Callistochiton barnardi Leloup, 1981 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 1: 281-344, pls 1-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651354
page(s): 297 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138084 on 2025-07-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2005-04-14 07:47:17Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-03-20 07:57:47Z
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Schwabe, Enrico
2015-05-21 21:34:16Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2015-06-10 18:11:18Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-12 19:43:59Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-08-29 20:48:12Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-11-04 09:23:54Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Dall, W. H. (1879). Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 1: 281-344, pls 1-5., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651354
page(s): 297 [details] 

original description (of Callistelasma Iredale & Hull, 1925) Iredale, T.; Hull, A. F. B. (1923-1927). A monograph of the Australian loricates. I-IX. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3(5): 186-194 [7 June 1923]; 3(6): 227-238, pls 33-34 [9 May 1924]; 3(7): 277-297, pls 35-37 [7 October 1924]; 3(8): 339-362, pls 39-40 [14 Jan. 1925]; 4(2): 75-111, pls 9-12 [10 Nov. 1925]; 4(3): 164-185, pls 18-20 [22 Feb. 1926]; 4(4): 256-276, pls 37-39 [30 April 1926]; 4(5): 324-328 [30 Nov. 1926]; 4(6): 339-359 [18 May 1927]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719393 [details] 

original description (of Lophochiton Ashby, 1923) Ashby, E. (1923). Notes on a collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with definitions of a new genus and two new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 47: 230-236, pls 16-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34892594 [details] 

original description (of Callistochiton (Allerychiton) Dell'Angelo & Oliverio, 1998) Dell'Angelo, B; Oliverio, M. (1998). A new polyplacophoran subgenus for the Northeast Atlantic (Ischnochitonidae: Callistoplacinae). <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 32: 145–150., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50921977 [details] 

original description (of Callistassecla Iredale & Hull, 1925) Iredale, T.; Hull, A. F. B. (1923-1927). A monograph of the Australian loricates. I-IX. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3(5): 186-194 [7 June 1923]; 3(6): 227-238, pls 33-34 [9 May 1924]; 3(7): 277-297, pls 35-37 [7 October 1924]; 3(8): 339-362, pls 39-40 [14 Jan. 1925]; 4(2): 75-111, pls 9-12 [10 Nov. 1925]; 4(3): 164-185, pls 18-20 [22 Feb. 1926]; 4(4): 256-276, pls 37-39 [30 April 1926]; 4(5): 324-328 [30 Nov. 1926]; 4(6): 339-359 [18 May 1927]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719393 [details] 

basis of record Eernisse D.J. (1998). Class Polyplacophora. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 49-73. [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian] [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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