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Callistochiton decoratus Keep, 1887
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Polyplacophora | Callochitonida | Callochitonidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Benthic. Subtropical
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Eastern Central Pacific: USA, Mexico.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 2.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 296)
Short description Morphology
Girdle: Fine scaly. Lateral areas of the median valves: Two ribs appearing scalloped near the girdle. Head valve: 11 depressed ribs with the tail valve having 9 rounded ribs. Mucro: Median. Central areas: Have longitudinal ribs becoming obsolete near the dorsal ridge. Girdle: Cream with light brown bands and the valves are olive buff to dark green (Ref. 296).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Members of the class Polyplacophora are mostly gonochoric. Life cycle: Eggs hatch into lecitotrophic planktonic trocophore larvae (no veliger stage) which later metamorphose and settle on the bottom as young adults.
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Burghardt, G. and L. Burghardt 2006 West Coast Chitons. A Gallery of Worlwide Chitons: http://home.inreach.com/burghart/wcoast.html[accessed20/01/06] (Ref. 296)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.