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 crinita (Pennant, 1777)

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
*Acanthochitona barbarae*	Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona bouvieri*	(Rochebrune, 1881)	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona crinita*	(Pennant, 1777)	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona discrepans*	(T. Brown, 1827)	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona fascicularis*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona oblonga*	Leloup, 1981	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona pilosa*	Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochitona subrubicunda*	(Leloup, 1941)	taxonomically included in
*Acanthochites*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochiton*	Herrmannsen, 1846	synonym
*Anisochiton*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym
*Chiton (Platysemus)*	Middendorff, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Acanthochaetes vulgaris*	Leach, 1852	synonym
*Acanthochites adansoni*	Rochebrune, 1881	synonym
*Acanthochites carinatus*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. cinnabrina*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. fusca*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis var. lutescens*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochitona crinita crinita*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Acanthochitona gracilis*	(Jeffreys, 1859)	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. attenuata*	Jeffreys, 1865	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. minor*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Chiton onyx*	Spengler, 1797	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: kleine borstelkeverslak sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: bristly mail chiton; bristly mail shell sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: petit chiton épineux sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Europäische Stachel-Käferschnecke sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: quitón espinoso

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	Amati B. & Oliverio M. (2019). First record of Acanthochitona pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in Spain and Algeria. Bollettino Malacologico. 55(2): 140-144.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Lesport, J. F.; Cluzaud, A.; Sosso, M. (2020). The Oligocene to Miocene chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Aquitaine Basin, soutwestern France, and Ligerian Basin, western France. Part 2: Lepidochitonidae, Tonicellidae, Acanthochitonidae, Cryptoplacidae and Additions to Part 1. Bollettino Malacologico. 56(1): 1-58.
additional source	Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. Journal of Paleontology. 96(4): 814-838.
status source	Bonfitto, A., Dell'Angelo, B., Evangelisti, F. & Sabelli, B. (2011). The genus Acanthochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the Mediterranean Sea: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 75(1): 171–180.
subsequent type designation	Kaas, P. (1985). The genus Acanthochitona Gray, 1821 (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea, with designation of neotypes of A. fascicularis (L. 1767) and of A. crinita (Pennant, 1777). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 4, 7(3), section A (Zoologie): 579-603.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777). 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:138675