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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Polyplacophora
Ordo: Ischnochitonina
Familia: Callistoplacidae
Genus: Callistoplax

Species: C. retusa
Name

Callistoplax Carpenter in Dall, 1882

Type species: Chiton retusus Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832
References

Dall, W.H. 1882. On the genera of chitons. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 4 (228): 286.
Kaas, P., & R.A. Van Belle. 1994. Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Volume 5. Suborder Ischnochitonina: Ischnochitonidae: Ischnochitoninae (concluded), Callistoplacinae; Mopaliidae. Additions to Volumes 1-4. E.J. Brill, Leiden. P. 120.

Callistoplax is a monotypic genus of chitons belonging to the family Callistoplacidae. The only species is Callistoplax retusa.[1]

The species is found in Northern and Central America.[1]
References

"Callistoplax Carpenter". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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