WoRMS taxon details
Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
138085 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138085)
accepted
Genus
Chiton laevis Pennant, 1777 sensu Montagu, 1803 accepted as Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803) (type by subsequent designation)
Acutoplax Cotton & Weeding, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callochiton (Callochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · alternative representation
Callochiton (Ocellochiton) Ashby, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callochiton (Stereochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Callochiton (Trachyradsia) P. P. Carpenter, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton (Callochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Ischnochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Leptochiton (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocellochiton Ashby, 1939 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Paricoplax Iredale & Hull, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stereochiton P. P. Carpenter, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Trachydermon (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Callochiton bayeri Schwabe, 1998
- Species Callochiton calcatus Dell'Angelo & Palazzi, 1994
- Species Callochiton christamariae Schwabe, 2003
- Species Callochiton cinnabaris Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
- Species Callochiton clausadeae Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
- Species Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
- Species Callochiton cupreus Dell'Angelo, Prelle, Sosso & Bonfitto, 2012
- Species Callochiton dawydoffi Sirenko, 2012
- Species Callochiton dentatus (L. Spengler, 1797)
- Species Callochiton deshayesi Thiele, 1909
- Species Callochiton doriae (Capellini, 1859)
- Species Callochiton elongatus May, 1920
- Species Callochiton empleurus (F. W. Hutton, 1872)
- Species Callochiton foveolatus (Is. Taki, 1938)
- Species Callochiton herberti Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
- Species Callochiton jeareyae Dell'Angelo & Mifsud, 1998
- Species Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
- Species Callochiton klemi Ashby, 1926
- Species Callochiton klemioides Leloup, 1937
- Species Callochiton levatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1998
- Species Callochiton longispinosus Leloup, 1952
- Species Callochiton mayi Torr, 1912
- Species Callochiton mortenseni Odhner, 1924
- Species Callochiton multidentatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1892)
- Species Callochiton mumuena Schwabe & Slieker, 2001
- Species Callochiton neocaledonicus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990
- Species Callochiton oligosulculatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
- Species Callochiton perscrutandus (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
- Species Callochiton princeps P. P. Carpenter, 1892
- Species Callochiton rufus Ashby, 1900
- Species Callochiton saotomensis Dell'Angelo, Schwabe, Gori, Sosso & Bonfitto, 2014
- Species Callochiton schilfi Schwabe & Ruthensteiner, 2001
- Species Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803)
- Species Callochiton sonchaensis Sirenko, 2018
- Species Callochiton stefaniae Dell'Angelo, Renda, Sosso, Sigwart & Giacobbe, 2017
- Species Callochiton sublaevis Sykes, 1903
- Species Callochiton subsulcatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
- Species Callochiton sulcatus Nierstrasz, 1905
- Species Callochiton sulculatus Suter, 1907
- Species Callochiton tongaensis Sirenko, 2018
- Species Callochiton vanninii A. J. Ferreira, 1983
- Subgenus Callochiton (Icoplax) Thiele, 1893 accepted as Icoplax Thiele, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Callochiton (Icoplax) bouveti Thiele, 1906 accepted as Icoplax bouveti (Thiele, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton (Icoplax) gaussi Thiele, 1908 accepted as Icoplax gaussi (Thiele, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton (Icoplax) septemcostatus Bergenhayn, 1933 accepted as Icoplax septemcostata (Bergenhayn, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Callochiton (Ocellochiton) Ashby, 1939 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Callochiton (Stereochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Callochiton (Trachyradsia) P. P. Carpenter, 1878 accepted as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callochiton achatinus (T. Brown, 1823) accepted as Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803) (synonym)
- Species Callochiton bouveti Thiele, 1906 accepted as Icoplax bouveti (Thiele, 1906) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton castaneus (W. Wood, 1815) accepted as Callochiton dentatus (L. Spengler, 1797) (synonym)
- Species Callochiton clausadei Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 accepted as Callochiton clausadeae Kaas & Van Belle, 1985 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
- Species Callochiton euplaeae (O. G. Costa, 1830) accepted as Callochiton doriae (Capellini, 1859) (treated as nomen dubium)
- Species Callochiton fimbriatus J. G. Cooper, 1867 accepted as Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893
- Species Callochiton gaussae Kaas & Van Belle, 1998 accepted as Callochiton gaussi Thiele, 1908 accepted as Icoplax gaussi (Thiele, 1908) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, unjustified emendation because the species is named after a ship, "which has to be treated as feminine")
- Species Callochiton gaussi Thiele, 1908 accepted as Icoplax gaussi (Thiele, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton platessa (A. A. Gould, 1846) accepted as Ischnochiton (Ischnochiton) versicolor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) represented as Ischnochiton versicolor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Callochiton platessa (A. A. Gould, 1846) sensu Leloup, 1981 accepted as Callochiton vanninii A. J. Ferreira, 1983
- Species Callochiton puniceus (A. A. Gould, 1846) accepted as Icoplax punicea (A. A. Gould, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton septemcostatus Bergenhayn, 1933 accepted as Icoplax septemcostata (Bergenhayn, 1933) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Callochiton steinenii (Pfeffer, 1886) accepted as Icoplax steinenii (Pfeffer, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Callochiton (Callochiton) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
- Species Callochiton (Callochiton) sulcatus Nierstrasz, 1905 accepted as Callochiton sulcatus Nierstrasz, 1905 (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
masculine
Gray, J. E. (1847). Additional observations on Chitones. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15 (178): 126-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913#page/628/mode/1up
page(s): 126 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138085 on 2026-09-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. (1847). Additional observations on Chitones. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15 (178): 126-127., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913#page/628/mode/1up
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Callochiton (Ocellochiton) Ashby, 1939) Ashby, E. (1939). Fossil chitons from Mornington, Victoria. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 151: 186-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1939.tb00230.x
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Acutoplax Cotton & Weeding, 1939) Cotton, B. C. & Weeding, B. J. (1939). Flindersian Loricates. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 63(2): 180-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41565797 [details]
original description (of Trachydermon (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878) Dall, W. H. (1878). Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collections of the National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United Stated National Museum.</em> 1(1): 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651127 [details]
original description (of Callochiton (Stereochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Paricoplax Iredale & Hull, 1929) Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. (1929). The loricates of the neozelanic region. <em>Australian Zoologist 6: 75-95.</em> [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Callochiton (Ocellochiton) Ashby, 1939) Ashby, E. (1939). Fossil chitons from Mornington, Victoria. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 151: 186-189., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1939.tb00230.x
page(s): 186 [details]
original description (of Acutoplax Cotton & Weeding, 1939) Cotton, B. C. & Weeding, B. J. (1939). Flindersian Loricates. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia.</em> 63(2): 180-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41565797 [details]
original description (of Trachydermon (Trachyradsia) Dall, 1878) Dall, W. H. (1878). Descriptions of new forms of mollusks from Alaska contained in the collections of the National Museum. <em>Proceedings of the United Stated National Museum.</em> 1(1): 1-3., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43651127 [details]
original description (of Callochiton (Stereochiton) P. P. Carpenter, 1882) Dall, W. H. (1882). On the genera of chitons. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 4: 279-291., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15663439
page(s): 286 [details]
original description (of Paricoplax Iredale & Hull, 1929) Iredale, T. & Hull, A. F. B. (1929). The loricates of the neozelanic region. <em>Australian Zoologist 6: 75-95.</em> [details]
basis of record Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details]
Other
additional source
Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
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subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 168 [details]
page(s): 109 [details] Available for editors
[request]subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 168 [details]
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