Callochiton Gray, 1847

Dell’Angelo, Bruno, Schwabe, Enrico, Gori, Sandro, Sosso, Maurizio & Bonfitto, Antonio, 2014, Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from São Tomé and Príncipe Islands, African Invertebrates 55 (2), pp. 171-200 : 181

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7680891
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B5CAA0D6-6F90-4311-899F-210544BFDCFF
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7674511
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/090387B4-F078-B455-689D-FA06FCC9F912
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Callochiton Gray, 1847
status

Treatment

Genus Callochiton Gray, 1847 View in CoL View at ENA

Callochiton: Gray 1847 a: 126 View in CoL .

Type species: Chiton laevis Montagu, 1803 (non Pennant, 1777)

[= Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803) View in CoL , fide Kaas 1978], by subsequent designation (Gray 1847 b: 168).

For synonymy, see Kaas & Van Belle (1985 b).

Distribution: Mostly tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-Pacific (including Japan; absent from the northeastern Pacific). In the Atlantic Ocean, restricted to the eastern and southern (sub-Antarctic) parts. Oligocene – Recent.