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 pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

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

Literature

original description	Schmidt-Petersen J., Schwabe E. & Haszprunar G. (2015). Acanthochitona pilosa spec. nov., a new species of Acanthochitona Gray, 1821 from the Mediterranean (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Spixiana. 38(1): 11-20.
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	Strack, H. L. & Leotta, L. (2024). Additional data on Acanthochitona pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015 (Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Basteria. 88(1): 129-138.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015. 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:871609