Callistochiton

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Callistochiton
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene [1]
Callistochiton pulchellus, Playa El Pulpo.jpg
Callistochiton pulchellus found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Ischnochitoninae
Genus: Callistochiton
Dall, 1879
Species [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 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


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