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 barbarae Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AcanthochitonaJ. E. Gray, 1821accepted 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

Literature

original description

Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2024). A critical update of Mediterranean chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) with the description of new taxa. Zootaxa. 5497(2): 194-208.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona barbarae Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024. 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:1767251

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2024-08-25 by Philippe Bouchet

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