Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Callistochiton pulchellus
Length: 10 to 15 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Suborder
Chitonina
Superfamily
Chitonoidea
Family
Callistoplacidae
Genus
Callistochiton
Species
pulchellus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callistochiton carmenae Smaith & Ferreira, 1977, CAS: type series no. 696 (Holotype), 16435 (Paratypes) (ex CAS Geology type series no. 58248)
Origin: Native
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Callistochiton pulchellus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10081. Accessed 1 November 2026.