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Species List for Genus: Callochiton
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Chitonoidea (Superfamily) > Callochitonidae (Family) > Callochiton (Genus)
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  • Genus: Callochiton

  • Callochiton crocinus (Reeve, 1847)
    Length 36mm, Width 21mm
    Chiton, Marine, Low tide under stones
    North and South Island. Also Western Australia to S Queensland and Tasmania
  • Callochiton empleurus (Hutton, 1872)
    Length 22mm, Width 9mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Fiordland, Stewart, Auckland and Campbell Islands
  • Callochiton kapitiensis Mestayer, 1926
    Length 9mm, Width 5mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    North and South Island, as far south as Campbell Plateau
  • Callochiton mortenseni Odhner, 1924
    Length 26mm, Width 16mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    Campbell Island
  • Callochiton oligosulculatus Kaas & Van Belle, 1985
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
  • Callochiton perscrutandus (Iredale & Hull, 1929)
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
  • Callochiton sulculatus Suter, 1907
    Length 9mm, Width 6mm
    Chiton, Marine, Native - Endemic
    South Island
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil