Callistochiton crassicostatus Chiton

Callistochiton crassicostatus is commonly referred to as Chiton. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Callistochiton crassicostatus, found under a low intertidal cobble at Naples Point.2019

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AphiaID:: 386120

Scientific:: Callistochiton crassicostatus
German:: Käferschnecke
English:: Chiton

Category:: Chitony

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Chitonida (Order) > Callistoplacidae (Family) > Callistochiton (Genus) > crassicostatus (Species)
Initial determination:: Pilsbry, 1893

Occurrence:: Alaska (Western Atlantic), Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: 0.39" - 1.18" (1,3cm - 3cm)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), algae grazer, epiphytes feeder
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Callistochiton adenensis
Callistochiton aepynotus
Callistochiton antiquus
Callistochiton ashbyi
Callistochiton asthenes
Callistochiton augustensis
Callistochiton barnardi
Callistochiton belliatus
Callistochiton biakensis
Callistochiton broomensis
Callistochiton clenchi
Callistochiton colimensis
Callistochiton crassicostatus
Käferschnecke
Callistochiton crosslandi
Callistochiton decoratus
Callistochiton elenensis
Callistochiton expressus
Callistochiton generos
Callistochiton granifer
Callistochiton indicus
Callistochiton jacobaeus
Callistochiton laticostatus
Callistochiton leei
Callistochiton mawlei
Callistochiton occiduus
Callistochiton omanensis
Callistochiton pachylasmae
Callistochiton palmulatus
Käferschnecke
Callistochiton philippinarum
Callistochiton porosus
Callistochiton portobelensis
Callistochiton pulchellus
Callistochiton pulchrior
Callistochiton righii
Callistochiton rotondus
Callistochiton shuttleworthianus
Callistochiton squamigercostatus

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2014-10-03 08:37:18
Last edit:: 2021-07-16 11:21:20

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Callistochiton crassicostatus Pilsbry, 1893

Callistochiton is a genus of polyplacophoran molluscs, alive today, of which fossils are known from the Pliocene period onwards. Callistochiton crassicostatus is a algae grazer. Can be found on intertidal rocks.

Synonymised names:
Callochiton fimbriatus Cooper, 1867

External links

WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 16.07.2021.

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Callistochiton crassicostatus, found under a low intertidal cobble at Naples Point.2019

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