Callochiton : Gray 1847
- Dataset
- Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from São Tomé and Príncipe Islands
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Polyplacophora
- order
- Callochitonida
- family
- Callochitonidae
- genus
- Callochiton
distribution
Distribution: Mostly tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-Pacific (including Japan; absent from the northeastern Pacific). In the Atlantic Ocean, restricted to the eastern and southern (sub-Antarctic) parts. Oligocene – Recent.
type_taxon
Type species: Chiton laevis Montagu, 1803 (non Pennant, 1777)
Name
- Homonyms
- Callochiton : Gray 1847