Genus Callistochiton Carpenter in Dall, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Callistochiton Carpenter, P.P. in Dall, W.H. 1879. Report on the limpets and chitons of the Alaskan and Arctic regions, with descriptions of genera and species believed to be new. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 1: 281-344 [297].

  Type species:

   Callistochiton palmulatus Carpenter in Dall, 1879 by monotypy.
• Lophochiton Ashby, E. 1923. Notes on a collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with definitions of a new genus and two new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 47: 230-236 pls 16-19 [Date published 22 Dec. 1923] [233].

  Type species:

   Lophochiton johnstoni Ashby, 1923 by original designation.
• Callistelasma Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). IV. Family Lepidopleuridae. The Australian Zoologist 3(8): 339-362 pls 39-40 [Date published 14 Jan. 1925] [352].

  Type species:

   Chiton antiquus Reeve, 1847 by original designation.
• Callistassecla Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). IV. Family Lepidopleuridae. The Australian Zoologist 3(8): 339-362 pls 39-40 [Date published 14 Jan. 1925] [354].

  Type species:

   Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Van Belle, R.A. 1983. The systematic classification of the chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Informations de la Société Belge de Malacologie 11: 1-178 [80]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific Oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, Central W coast, G. Aust. Bight, Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NE coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)