MolluscaBase taxon details
Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
138084 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138084)
accepted
Genus
Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879 (type by monotypy)
Callistassecla Iredale & Hull, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callistelasma Iredale & Hull, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callistochiton (Allerychiton) Dell'Angelo & Oliverio, 1998 · alternative representation
Callistochiton (Callistassecla) Iredale & Hull, 1925 · alternative representation
Callistochiton (Lophochiton) Ashby, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton (Callistochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1879 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Lophochiton Ashby, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Callistochiton adenensis (E. A. Smith, 1891)
- Species Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Callistochiton ashbyi (Barnard, 1963)
- Species Callistochiton asthenes (S. S. Berry, 1919)
- Species Callistochiton augustensis Ashby & Cotton, 1937
- Species Callistochiton barnardi Leloup, 1981
- Species Callistochiton belliatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton biakensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton borellianus Dell'Angelo, Giuntelli, Sosso & Zunino, 2015 †
- Species Callistochiton broomensis Ashby & Cotton, 1934
- Species Callistochiton clenchi Ashby & Cotton, 1934
- Species Callistochiton colimensis (A. G. Smith, 1961)
- Species Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907
- Species Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
- Species Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species Callistochiton expressus (P. P. Carpenter, 1865)
- Species Callistochiton generos (Iredale & Hull, 1925)
- Species Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923
- Species Callistochiton greedi Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
- Species Callistochiton guerreroensis Reyes-Gómez & Ríos-Jara, 2023
- Species Callistochiton indicus Leloup, 1953
- Species Callistochiton inexpectatus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
- Species Callistochiton jacobaeus (A. A. Gould, 1859)
- Species Callistochiton laticostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton leei A. J. Ferreira, 1979
- Species Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916
- Species Callistochiton occiduus Ashby & Cotton, 1934
- Species Callistochiton omanensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879)
- Species Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
- Species Callistochiton philippinarum Thiele, 1909
- Species Callistochiton porosus Nierstrasz, 1905
- Species Callistochiton portobelensis A. J. Ferreira, 1976
- Species Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828)
- Species Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callistochiton reticulatus Ashby & Cotton, 1939 †
- Species Callistochiton righii Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981
- Species Callistochiton shuttleworthianus Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callistochiton squamigercostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994
- Species Callistochiton zitteli (Rochebrune, 1883) †
- Species Callistochiton recens Thiele, 1911 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Subgenus Callistochiton (Lophochiton) Ashby, 1923 accepted as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton acinatus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
- Species Callistochiton aepynotus Dall, 1919 accepted as Mopalia sinuata P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Callistochiton carmenae A. G. Smith & A. J. Ferreira, 1977 accepted as Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828) (junior subjective synonym)
- 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)
- Species Callistochiton celetus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879
- Species Callistochiton chthonius Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
- Species Callistochiton connellyi Willett, 1937 accepted as Callistochiton palmulatus P. P. Carpenter, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton cyanosus Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893
- Species Callistochiton diegoensis Thiele, 1909 accepted as Callistochiton decoratus P. P. Carpenter, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton duncanus Dall, 1919 accepted as Calloplax duncana (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
- Species Callistochiton edwini Mello & Pinto, 1989 accepted as Ischnoplax edwini (Mello & Pinto, 1989) (original combination)
- Species Callistochiton finschi Thiele, 1909 accepted as Lepidozona luzonica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton fisheri Dall, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callistochiton flavidus Thiele, 1909 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton gabbi Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species Callistochiton gatliffi Ashby, 1927 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton heterodon Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Chiton (Rhyssoplax) heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893) accepted as Rhyssoplax heterodon (Pilsbry, 1893) (original combination)
- Species Callistochiton incurvatus Leloup, 1953 accepted as Ischnoplax incurvata (Leloup, 1953) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callistochiton infortunatus Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
- Species Callistochiton kaasi Leloup, 1981 accepted as Chiton (Chiton) kaasi (Leloup, 1981) accepted as Chiton kaasi (Leloup, 1981) (superseded combination)
- Species Callistochiton leidensis Nierstrasz, 1905 accepted as Callistochiton elenensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton madagassicus Thiele, 1910 accepted as Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Species Callistochiton meridionalis Ashby, 1919 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Callistochiton periconis Dall, 1908 accepted as Callistochiton pulchrior Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callistochiton rotundus Leloup, 1981 accepted as Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981 (incorrect spelling of the species name)
- Species Callistochiton sarcophagus E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Callistochiton viaderi Leloup, 1941 accepted as Rhyssoplax barnardi (Ashby, 1931) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callistochiton viviparus Plate, 1899 accepted as Calloplax vivipara (Plate, 1899) (original combination)
- Subgenus Callistochiton (Allerychiton) Dell'Angelo & Oliverio, 1998 represented as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
- Subgenus Callistochiton (Callistassecla) Iredale & Hull, 1925 represented as Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879
- 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]
page(s): 297 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138084 on 2026-03-08
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
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
page(s): 233 [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]
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]
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]
additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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
page(s): 233 [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]
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]
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]
additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 169 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
