Callistochiton

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Callistochiton
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene[1]
"Callistochiton pulchellus" found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
Callistochiton pulchellus found in Playa el Pulpo, Chile. Scale bar = 2 cm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Ischnochitonidae
Subfamily: Ischnochitoninae
Genus: Callistochiton
Dall, 1879
Species[2]

Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards.[1]

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