Ischnochitonidae – Callistoplacinae: Callistochiton mawlei Iredale & May, 1916 (‘Mawle’s beautiful chiton’)
Synonym(s): mawlei Iredale & May, 1916.
Typical shell-length 18 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS and VIC).
Classification
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Ischnochitonina
Family: Callistoplacidae
Genus: Callistochiton
Localities for Callistochiton mawlei
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Gordon: Three Hut Point
Maria Island: Fossil Cliffs
North Bruny Island: Great Bay (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Sandgrove Point
Port Arthur: Carnarvon Bay
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Tasman Peninsula (unlocalised)
Tinderbox Beach
West Ulverstone: foreshore
