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

Acanthochitona Gray, 1821

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Acanthochaetes Leach in Risso, 1826 synonym
Acanthochites Risso, 1826 synonym
Acanthochiton Iredale, 1915 synonym
Anisochiton P. Fischer, 1885 synonym

Children

Acanthochitona bonairensis Kaas, 1972
Acanthochitona bouvieri (Rochebrune, 1881)
Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827)
Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Acanthochitona oblonga Leloup, 1981

Literature

basis of record

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

additional source

Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

additional source

Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.

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Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Acanthochitona Gray, 1821. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137613

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Occurrence

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2004-12-21 by Serge Gofas

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