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

Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Callochiton*	J. E. Gray, 1847	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Callochiton achatinus*	(T. Brown, 1823)	synonym
*Callochiton achatinus euboecus*	Kattoulas, Koukouras & Economidis, 1973	synonym
*Chiton achatinus*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym
*Chiton laevis*	Pennant, 1777 sensu Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Chiton laevis var. navicula*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Chiton scytodesma*	Scacchi, 1836	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sevenplated chiton; smooth European chiton sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Rosrrote Käferschnecke; Siebenschild-Käferschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: flekkleddsnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: flekkleddsnigel

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4): 814-838.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803). 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:140132