WoRMS taxon details
Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923
386126 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386126)
accepted
Species
Callistochiton carpenteri Nierstrasz, 1905 · unaccepted (invalid: secondary junior homonym...)
invalid: secondary junior homonym of Callistochiton carpenteri (Clessin, 1903); C. carpenterianus is a replacement name
Lophochiton johnstoni Ashby, 1923 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Hull, A. F. B. (1923). New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3: 157-166, 195-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719342
page(s): 161, pl. 25 figs 5-8 [details]
page(s): 161, pl. 25 figs 5-8 [details]
Type locality contained in Northeast Australian Shelf
type locality contained in Northeast Australian Shelf [details]
Distribution Wide spread species, inhabiting Queensland, New Caledonia, Samoa and Banda Islands,
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, south...
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, south...
Distribution Wide spread species, inhabiting Queensland, New Caledonia, Samoa and Banda Islands,
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, south Japan and Spratly Islands, 0–50 m. [details]
Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, south Japan and Spratly Islands, 0–50 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386126 on 2026-01-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Hull, A. F. B. (1923). New Australian Polyplacophora, and notes on the distribution of certain species. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3: 157-166, 195-201., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719342
page(s): 161, pl. 25 figs 5-8 [details]
original description (of Lophochiton johnstoni Ashby, 1923) Ashby, E. (1923). Notes on a collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with definitions of a new genus and two new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 47: 230-236, pls 16-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34892594 [details]
original description (of Callistochiton carpenteri Nierstrasz, 1905) Nierstrasz, H. F. (1905). Die Chitonen der Siboga-Expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 48 (Livraison 20): 1-112, pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219866
page(s): 39, figs 11, 88-92 [details]
original description (of Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus Kaas, 1956) Kaas, P. (1956). Notes on Loricata 4. On <i>Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus</i> nom. nov. for <i>Callistochiton carpenteri</i> Nierstrasz. <em>Basteria.</em> 20: 106–107. [details]
basis of record Saito, H. (2006). Shallow water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Puerto Galera, Mindoro Island, the Philippines. <em>Memoir of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 44: 119-133.
page(s): 121, fig. 6A [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2012). Chapter 2: Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Nhatrang Bay, South Vietnam. pp. 56–122 in Britayev, T. A. & Pavlov, D. S. Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nhatrang, Southern Vietnam. Moscow : KMK Scientific Press Ltd. Vol.2 491 pp. [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2026). Ontogenetic variability in the genera <i>Сallistochiton</i> and <i>Ischnochiton</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Spratly Islands in South-China sea. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 36(1): 31-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2026.36(1).3
page(s): 33, figs 1A-B, 2-6 [details]
page(s): 161, pl. 25 figs 5-8 [details]
original description (of Lophochiton johnstoni Ashby, 1923) Ashby, E. (1923). Notes on a collection of Polyplacophora from Carnarvon, Western Australia, with definitions of a new genus and two new species. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 47: 230-236, pls 16-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34892594 [details]
original description (of Callistochiton carpenteri Nierstrasz, 1905) Nierstrasz, H. F. (1905). Die Chitonen der Siboga-Expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) <i>Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman</i>. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 48 (Livraison 20): 1-112, pls 1-8. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2219866
page(s): 39, figs 11, 88-92 [details]
original description (of Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus Kaas, 1956) Kaas, P. (1956). Notes on Loricata 4. On <i>Callistochiton (Lophochiton) carpenterianus</i> nom. nov. for <i>Callistochiton carpenteri</i> Nierstrasz. <em>Basteria.</em> 20: 106–107. [details]
basis of record Saito, H. (2006). Shallow water chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Puerto Galera, Mindoro Island, the Philippines. <em>Memoir of the National Science Museum, Tokyo.</em> 44: 119-133.
page(s): 121, fig. 6A [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2012). Chapter 2: Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) of Nhatrang Bay, South Vietnam. pp. 56–122 in Britayev, T. A. & Pavlov, D. S. Benthic fauna of the Bay of Nhatrang, Southern Vietnam. Moscow : KMK Scientific Press Ltd. Vol.2 491 pp. [details]
basis of record Sirenko, B. I. (2026). Ontogenetic variability in the genera <i>Сallistochiton</i> and <i>Ischnochiton</i> (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Spratly Islands in South-China sea. <em>Ruthenica.</em> 36(1): 31-46., available online at https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2026.36(1).3
page(s): 33, figs 1A-B, 2-6 [details]
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Wide spread species, inhabiting Queensland, New Caledonia, Samoa and Banda Islands,Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, south Japan and Spratly Islands, 0–50 m. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ハナヤカカブトヒザラガイ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Malacopics (Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923 Australia, Queensland, Lindeman Island)
To Malacopics (Callistochiton granifer Hull, 1923 Australia, Queensland, Lindeman Island)
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