Callochiton multidentatus (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892 )

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 4

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Callochiton multidentatus (Carpenter in Pilsbry, 1892)

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Ischnochiton (Trachyradsia) multidentatus Carpenter in Pilsbry 1892: 85 .

Trachydermon (Spongioradsia) multidentata ; Pilsbry 1894: 65, 66.

Spongioradsia multidentata ; Is. Taki 1938: 346; 1962: 40; Iw. Taki 1964b: 409; Sirenko 1976a: 50.

Callochiton multidentatus ; Kaas & Van Belle 1980: 88; 1985: 25, fig. 8, map 6; 1998: 128; Sirenko 2012: 59, pl. 11 B, E; figs 5; 6; 7; 9 C, D.

Callochiton sp.; Hasegawa et al. 2001: 3.

Type material. Holotype ( USNM 24212 About USNM ).

Type locality. Japan, Bonin Islands .

Material examined. South China Sea, Hainan Island, stn. 15, 18°12’09’’N, 109°29′40’’E, intertidal, on old corals, 1 spm, BL 5.0 mm, 19.11.2016, leg. J. Zhang; stn. 27, 18°18′03’’N, 109°13′55’’E, depth 2-5 m, on stones covered with red crustose algae, 1 spm, BL 5.5 mm, 24.11.2016, leg. B. Sirenko.

Distribution. South China Sea, Vietnam from Con Dao Archipelago to Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tongkin), China, Hainan Island and Japan, Bonin Islands.

Remarks. The specimens from Hainan Island have the tegmentum and girdle of yellow or dark red color with wide white and narrow black girdle bands at both sides next to the sutures of valves I/II and VII/VIII and sometimes II/III and VI/VII as well.

References

Hasegawa, K., Saito, H., Kubodera, T. & Xu, F. (2001) Marine molluscs collected from the shallow waters of Hainan Island, South China Sea, by China-Japan joint research in 1997. In Matsuura, K (Ed.), Marine fauna of the shallow waters around Hainan Island, South China Sea, National Science Museum Monographs, Tokyo, 21, 1 - 43.

Kaas, P. & Van Belle, R. A. (1980) Catalogue of Living Chitons. W. Backhuys. Rotterdam, 144 pp.

Pilsbry, H. A. (1892) Polyplacophora. In: Tryon, G. W. (Ed.), Manual of Conchology. Vol. 14. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp. 1 - 128. pls. 1 - 30.

Pilsbry, H. A. (1894) Polyplacophora. In: Tryon, G. W. (Ed.), Manual of Conchology. Vol. 15. Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp. 65 - 133, pls. 11 - 17.

Sirenko B. I. (1976 a) Taxonomy of mail-shells of genus Spongioradsia Pilsbry 1893 (Ischnochitonina, Ischnochitonidae). Vestnik Zoologii, 2, 49 - 55.

Sirenko, B. I. (2012) Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Nha Trang Bay, South Vietnam. In: Britayev, T. A. & Pavlov, D. S. (Eds.), Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nha Trang, South Vietnam. 2. KMK Scientific Press Ltd, Moscow, pp. 56 - 122.

Taki, Is. (1938) Report on the biological survey of Mutsu Bay. 31. Studies on chitons of Mutsu Bay with general discussion on chitons of Japan. Science Reports of Tohoku Imperial Universit y, Series 4, Biology, 12, 323 - 423.

Taki, Iw. (1964 b) Classification of the class Polyplacophora, with a list of Japanese chitons. Venus, 22, 401 - 414.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Complete specimens of species of genera Callochiton, Ischnochiton, Lepidozona and Rhyssoplax: A. Callochiton multidentatus, Hainan, stn 27, BL 5.5 mm; B. Ischnochiton boninensis, Fujian Province, BL 17.0 mm; C. Ischnochiton comptus, Hainan, stn 29, BL 12.0 mm; D. Lepidozona coreanica, Hainan, stn 2, BL 22.0 mm; E. Rhyssoplax komaiana, Hainan, 57-1051, BL 12.0 mm; F. Rhyssoplax venusta, Guangxi Province, BL 11.5 mm.