WoRMS taxon details
Callochitonidae Plate, 1901
Callochitoninae Plate, 1901 · unaccepted (original rank)
- Genus Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
- Genus Leloupia Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
- Genus Quaestiplax Iredale & Hull, 1929
- Genus Vermichiton Kaas, 1991
- Genus Acutoplax Cotton & Weeding, 1939 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (synonym)
- Subfamily Callochitoninae Plate, 1901 accepted as Callochitonidae Plate, 1901 (original rank)
- Genus Eudoxoplax Iredale & May, 1916 accepted as Eudoxochiton Shuttleworth, 1853 (synonym)
- Genus Icoplax Thiele, 1893 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Stereochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Plate, L. H. (1898-1901). Die Anatomie und Phylogenie der Chitonen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Supplement-Band 4(1): 1-243, pls 1-12 [1898]; Suppl.-Bd 5(1): 15-216, pls 2-11; 5(2): 281-600, pls 12-16 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13347819; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14200717; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14201006
page(s): 523; note: as Callochitoninae [details]
page(s): 523; note: as Callochitoninae [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callochitonidae Plate, 1901. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385492 on 2025-07-18
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Plate, L. H. (1898-1901). Die Anatomie und Phylogenie der Chitonen. <em>Zoologische Jahrbucher.</em> Supplement-Band 4(1): 1-243, pls 1-12 [1898]; Suppl.-Bd 5(1): 15-216, pls 2-11; 5(2): 281-600, pls 12-16 [1901]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13347819; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14200717; https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14201006
page(s): 523; note: as Callochitoninae [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 523; note: as Callochitoninae [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): 116 [details]
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Classification Suggested as sister-group to the Lepidopleurida by Okusu et al. (2003) but this needs more support before being integrated in the classification). [details]
