Callistochiton

Callistochiton Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Callistochiton pulchellus found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Chitonida
Family:	Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily:	Ischnochitoninae
Genus:	Callistochiton Dall, 1879
Species [2]
Callistochiton adenensis (E. A. Smith, 1891) Callistochiton aepynotus Dall, 1919 Callistochiton antiquus (Reeve, 1847) Callistochiton ashbyi (Barnard, 1963) Callistochiton asthenes (Berry, 1919) Callistochiton augustensis Ashby & Cotton, 1937 Callistochiton barnardi Leloup, 1981 Callistochiton belliatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 Callistochiton biakensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 Callistochiton broomensis Ashby & Cotton, 1934 Callistochiton clenchi Ashby & Cotton, 1934 Callistochiton colimensis (A. G. Smith, 1961) Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893 Callistochiton crosslandi Sykes, 1907 Callistochiton decoratus Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893 Callistochiton elenensis (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832) Callistochiton expressus (Carpenter, 1865) Callistochiton generos (Iredale & Hull, 1925) Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923 Callistochiton indicus Leloup, 1953 Callistochiton jacobaeus (Gould, 1859) Callistochiton laticostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 Callistochiton leei Ferreira, 1979 Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916 Callistochiton occiduus Ashby & Cotton, 1934 Callistochiton omanensis Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 Callistochiton pachylasmae (Monterosato, 1879) Callistochiton palmulatus Carpenter MS, Dall, 1879 Callistochiton philippinarum Thiele, 1909 Callistochiton porosus Nierstrasz, 1905 Callistochiton portobelensis Ferreira, 1976 Callistochiton pulchellus (Gray, 1828) Callistochiton pulchrior Carpenter MS, Pilsbry, 1893 Callistochiton righii Kaas & Van Belle, 1994 Callistochiton rotondus Leloup, 1981 Callistochiton shuttleworthianus Pilsbry, 1893 Callistochiton squamigercostatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1994

Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards. ^[1]

References

1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN   90 6279 018 6.
2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton Dall, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138084 on 2019-03-06