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Callistochiton

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Callistoplacidae

Taxonomy
Callistochiton was named by Carpenter (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Callistochitoninae by Berry (1922); to Callistoplacidae by Abbott (1974); to Callistoplacinae by Wells and Houston (2001); to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Callistoplacidae by Vendrasco et al. (2022).

Species
C. asthenes, C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus, C. elenensis, C. palmulatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. decoratus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Callistochiton Carpenter
1922Callistochiton Berry p. 481
1974Callistochiton Abbott p. 399
2001Callistochiton Wells and Houston p. 52
2002Callistochiton Sepkoski
2022Callistochiton Vendrasco et al. p. 1050

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
familyCallistoplacidae(Dall 1879)
genusCallistochitonCarpenter 1879

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Callistochiton Carpenter 1879
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Callistochiton palmulatus Dall 1879 [palmate chiton]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) C. elenensis (227380)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) C. palmulatus (214262 214263 214272)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. palmulatus (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. palmulatus (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) C. sp. (189767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus (202496) C. sp., C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus (202495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) C. crassicostatus, C. palmulatus (138719) C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. crassicostatus (96593) C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus (96592)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. crassicostatus, C. palmulatus (138821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. crassicostatus (37933 37939)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. crassicostatus, C. palmulatus (138723) C. palmulatus (203114) C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus (202492 202494)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. palmulatus (89573 194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus, C. decoratus (207041) C. palmulatus (96566 219029 219030) C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus, C. decoratus (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) C. palmulatus, C. crassicostatus (96591)