Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Callochitonida > Family Callochitonidae

Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Callochiton calcatus Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1994
Callochiton doriae (Capellini, 1859)
Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803)
Callochiton stefaniae Dell'Angelo, Renda, Sosso, Sigwart & Giacobbe, 2017

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1847). Additional observations on Chitones. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1847) 15 (178): 126-127.
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. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
additional source	Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138085