Callochiton mortenseni

Taxobox
name = "Callochiton mortenseni"
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Polyplacophora
ordo = Neoloricata
subordo = Ischnochitonina
familia = Callochitonidae
genus = "Callochiton"
species = "C. kapitiensis"
binomial = "Callochiton mortenseni"
binomial_authority = Odhner, 1924
synonyms =

"Callochiton mortenseni" is a species of chiton in the family Callochitonidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Campbell Island.

Habitat

Description

The shell is moderately large, with a smooth surface except for small pits along the upper margin of the lateral areas.

Coloration is uniformly dark reddish-brown.

Length is up to 26 mm, and the width is up to 16 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1