Genus Callochiton Gray, 1847

Callochiton: Gray 1847 a: 126 .

Type species: Chiton laevis Montagu, 1803 (non Pennant, 1777)

[= Callochiton septemvalvis (Montagu, 1803), fide Kaas 1978], by subsequent designation (Gray 1847 b: 168).

For synonymy, see Kaas & Van Belle (1985 b).

Distribution: Mostly tropical and subtropical regions of the Indo-Pacific (including Japan; absent from the northeastern Pacific). In the Atlantic Ocean, restricted to the eastern and southern (sub-Antarctic) parts. Oligocene – Recent.