Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Calloplax duncana
Chiton, Chitons
ANSP: 243647, 243650, USNM: 218772 (Holotype), C.P. Hickman collection no. 98-75
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Suborder
Chitonina
Superfamily
Chitonoidea
Family
Callistoplacidae
Genus
Calloplax
Species
duncana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Callistochiton duncanus Dall, 1919 (Horton et al., 2021)
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.
- Kay, E.A. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos. Determinants of insular marine Faunas. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 235-252.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Calloplax duncana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10083. Accessed 31 October 2026.