| Callistochiton Temporal range: | |
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| Callistochiton pulchellus found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Ischnochitonidae |
| Subfamily: | Ischnochitoninae |
| Genus: | Callistochiton Dall, 1879 |
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Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards.[1]
References
- 1 2 van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- ↑ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Callistochiton Dall, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138084 on 2019-03-06
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