Callochiton puniceus ( Gould, 1846 )

Sellanes, Enrico Schwabe Javier, 2010, Revision of Chilean bathyal chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) associated with cold-seeps, including description of a new species of Leptochiton (Leptochitonidae), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 10 (1), pp. 31-55 : 41

Callochiton puniceus ( Gould, 1846)

( Figs. 7C–E , 8 , 9 )

Chiton puniceus Gould, 1846 — Gould (1846: 143).

Chiton illuminatus Reeve, 1847 —Reeve (1847: pl. 22, fig. 147).

Name-bearing type Holotype ( USNM 5803 ), examined via digital image ( Fig. 7D ) provided by Diego Urteaga ( Argentina).

Figures

Fig. 7 Lepidopleurid, callochi- tonid and ischnochitonid deep- water Polyplacophora from Chile. (A, B) Leptochiton med- inae, lectotype: dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of (top to bottom) head, intermediate and tail valves. (C, D) Callochiton puniceus, complete specimens: (C) ZSM Mol 20070685, right lateral view; (D) holotype, dorsal view. (E) Chiton illumi- natus, holotype; dorsal view of complete specimen. (F) Steno- semus exaratus, ZSM Mol 20070755; left lateral view of complete specimen. (G) Lepido- zona balaenophila, holotype; dorsal view of complete speci- men. Scale bars: A, B=1 mm; C–G =5 mm. (A, B, D) courtesy of D. Urteaga, (E) by R. Portela Miguez

Fig. 8 Scanning electron micro- graphs of Callochiton puniceus, ZSM Mol 20070685. (A) Dorsal view of head valve. (B) Dorsal view of second valve. (C) Dorsal view of tail valve. (D) Left lateral view of tail valve. (E) Dorso-marginal view of gir- dle. (F) Hyponotum. Scale bars: A–D=1 mm; E, F=100 µm

Fig. 9 Scanning electron micro- graphs of Callochiton puniceus, ZSM Mol 20061006. (A) Dorsal view of head valve. (B) Dorsal view of second valve. (C) Dorsal view of tail valve. (D) Left lateral view of tail valve. (E) Dorso-marginal view of girdle. (F) Hyponotum. Scale bars: A–D =1 mm; E, F=100 µm