Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea

Acanthochitonidae Simroth, 1894 (1881)

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Acanthochitoninae Simroth, 1894 (1881)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: borstelkeverslakken

Literature

original description

Simroth, H. (1892-1895). Dr H.G. Bronn's Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Bd. 3, Mollusca, Abt. 1: Amphineura und Scaphopoda. Leipzig: Winter. 467 pp., pls 1-22.

additional source

Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. Ruthenica 3: 93-117 [In Russian]

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitonidae Simroth, 1894 (1881). 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:91

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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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2024-12-12 by Philippe Bouchet

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