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 fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)

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 communis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites discrepans var. albina*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900	synonym
*Acanthochites discrepans var. violaceolimbata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites fascicularis*	(Linnaeus, 1767)	synonym
*Acanthochites hamatus*	Rochebrune, 1882	synonym
*Acanthochiton communis*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Acanthochiton communis f. barashi*	Leloup, 1969	synonym
*Acanthochiton discrepans var. angustivalva*	Bergenhayn, 1931	synonym
*Acanthochiton heterochaetus*	Bergenhayn, 1931	synonym
*Acanthochitona communis*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. elongata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. marmorata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. nigrolineata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Chiton echinotus*	Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. major*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. rubra*	Issel, 1870	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grote borstelkeverslak

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	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	Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767). 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:138677