African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Callochiton castaneus (W. Wood, 1815)

AfReMaS name details

Callochiton castaneus (W. Wood, 1815)

AphiaID

224914 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224914)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Callochiton dentatus (L. Spengler, 1797)

Rank

Species

Parent

Callochiton J. E. Gray, 1847

Original name

Chiton castaneus W. Wood, 1814

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Wood, W. (1814-1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London: John Booth. Vol. 1 [only volume published], lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. // i–iv, 1–16, pls 1–5 [April 1814]; v-lxi, 17-246, pls 6-60 [1815]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 13–14, pl. 2 figs 2-3, pl. 3 figs 2-3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Callochiton castaneus (W. Wood, 1815). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224914 on 2026-07-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Callochiton castaneus (W. Wood, 1815). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224914 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-03-17 07:57:46Z

created

Mussai, Prakash

2010-03-30 15:36:44Z

changed

Schwabe, Enrico

2019-08-29 02:00:11Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

original description (of ) Wood, W. (1814-1815). General conchology or a description of shells, arranged according to the Linnean system. London: John Booth. Vol. 1 [only volume published], lxi + 7 + 246 pp., 60 pl. // i–iv, 1–16, pls 1–5 [April 1814]; v-lxi, 17-246, pls 6-60 [1815]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131274
page(s): 13–14, pl. 2 figs 2-3, pl. 3 figs 2-3 [details]

basis of record Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 137 [details]

additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg. , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)