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Callistochiton

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callistochiton, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2306480	https://www.gbif.org/species/2306480
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8057	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8057

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Callistoplacidae : Callistochiton

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Neoloricata : Callistoplacidae : Callistochiton

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
-	Serialia	Giribet et al. 2006
class	Polyplacophora	de Blainville 1816
order	Neoloricata	Bergenhayn 1955
suborder	Ischnochitonina
subfamily	Callistoplacidae
genus	Callistochiton	Dall 1879

Scientific Name

Callistochiton Dall, 1879

Name Published In

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Callistochiton	genus	belongs to Callistochitoninae	stated without evidence	Berry, 1922
Callistochiton	genus	belongs to Callistoplacidae	stated with evidence	Abbott, 1974
Callistochiton	genus	belongs to Callistoplacinae	implied	Wells and Houston, 2001
Callistochiton	genus	belongs to Neoloricata	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Polyplacophora)

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Polyplacophora)

Vision

limited (based on Polyplacophora)

Diet

grazer (based on Polyplacophora)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Polyplacophora)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callistochiton

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callistochiton adenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton aepynotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton antiquus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton ashbyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton asthenes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton augustensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton barnardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton belliatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton biakensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton broomensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton carmenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton carpenteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton clenchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton colimensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton crassicostatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Callistochiton crosslandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton decoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton decoratus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Callistochiton diegoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton elenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton expressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton finschi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton generos species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton granifer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton greedi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton indicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton jacobaeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton laticostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton leei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton leidensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton mawlei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton occiduus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton omanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton pachylasmae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton palmulatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Callistochiton periconis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton philippinarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton porosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton portobelensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton pulchellus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton pulchrior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton recens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton righii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton rotondus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton savigni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton shuttleworthianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callistochiton squamigercostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Callistelasma Iredale & Hull, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Callistoplacidae : *Callistelasma*
Callistassecla Iredale & Hull, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Polyplacophora : Chitonida : Callistoplacidae : *Callistassecla*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1879	Callistochiton Carpenter
1922	Callistochiton Berry p. 481
1974	Callistochiton Abbott p. 399
2001	Callistochiton Wells and Houston p. 52
2002	Callistochiton Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Berry S. S. (1922) Fossil chitons of Western North America, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 11 18, 399-526

Abbott R. T. (1974) , American Seashells: The marine Mollusca of the Alantic and Pacific coasts of North America, 1-663

Wells A., Houston W. W. K. (2001) , Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17 2

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per Callistochiton - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per synonymized taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (supplementary record created) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Manual inspection (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Australian Faunal Dorectory (May 2014) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Kaas, P. and R. A. Van Belle, 1998: null. Catalogue of Living Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Second, revised edition.. 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Vaught, K. C. / Abbott, Robert T. and Kenneth J. Boss, 1989: null. A classification of the living Mollusca. xii+195. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Eernisse D.J. (1998). Class Polyplacophora. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 1 – The Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 8: 49-73. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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