Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea > Family Acanthochitonidae > Subfamily Acanthochitoninae > Genus Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona discrepans (T. Brown, 1827)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Chiton Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthochitona*	J. E. Gray, 1821	accepted genus name
*Acanthochaetes*	Risso, 1826	orthographic variant
*Acanthochites*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochiton*	Herrmannsen, 1846	synonym
*Anisochiton*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym
*Chiton (Platysemus)*	Middendorff, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Acanthochites aeneus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites discrepans*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Acanthochiton discrepans*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans*	(T. Brown, 1827)	synonym
*Chiton gracilis*	Jeffreys, 1859	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Kaas, P.; Van Belle, R.A. (1980). Catalogue of living chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Backhuys: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-6279-013-5. 144 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona discrepans (T. Brown, 1827). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138676