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Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 18 mm).
Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 18 mm).

137613  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137613)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
  8. Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Acanthochitonidae (Family)
  10. Acanthochitoninae (Subfamily)
  11. Acanthochitona (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Acanthochaetes Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym and incorrect subsequent...)  
synonym and incorrect subsequent spelling of Acanthochites Risso, 1826
Acanthochites Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)  
invalid: unjustified emendation of Acanthochites Risso, 1826
Anisochiton P. Fischer, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton (Acanthochaetes) [sic] · unaccepted (misspelling)
Chiton (Acanthochites) Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Chiton (Acanthochiton) Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Chiton (Hamachiton) Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted (a junior synonym)
Chiton (Platysemus) Middendorff, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Acanthochitona (Acanthochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821
  2. Subgenus Acanthochitona (Lirachiton) Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Lirachiton Ashby & Cotton, 1939 † accepted as Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928
  3. Subgenus Acanthochitona (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1862
  4. Species Acanthochitona aberrans (Odhner, 1919) accepted as Craspedochiton aberrans (Odhner, 1919)
  5. Species Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859)
  6. Species Acanthochitona alisonae Kaas, 1976 accepted as Notoplax alisonae (Kaas, 1976) (original combination)
  7. Species Acanthochitona andegavensis Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  8. Species Acanthochitona andersoni Watters, 1981 accepted as Americhiton andersoni (Watters, 1981)
  9. Species Acanthochitona angelica Dall, 1919
  10. Species Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
  11. Species Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
  12. Species Acanthochitona arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Americhiton arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
  13. Species Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
  14. Species Acanthochitona avicula (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  15. Species Acanthochitona balcombiensis (Ashby, 1939) †
  16. Species Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 accepted as Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  17. Species Acanthochitona barbarae Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024
  18. Species Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894)
  19. Species Acanthochitona biformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  20. Species Acanthochitona bisulcata (Pilsbry, 1893)
  21. Species Acanthochitona bonairensis Kaas, 1972
  22. Species Acanthochitona bouvieri (Rochebrune, 1881)
  23. Species Acanthochitona britayevi Sirenko, 2012
  24. Species Acanthochitona brookesi Ashby, 1926
  25. Species Acanthochitona brunoi Righi, 1971
  26. Species Acanthochitona burghardtae R. N. Clark, 2000
  27. Species Acanthochitona burhardtae [sic] accepted as Acanthochitona burghardtae R. N. Clark, 2000 (original misspelling (see note))
  28. Species Acanthochitona byungdoni Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
  29. Species Acanthochitona casus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  30. Species Acanthochitona chapmani (Ashby, 1925) †
  31. Species Acanthochitona chauvereauensis Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  32. Species Acanthochitona circellata (Reeve, 1847)
  33. Species Acanthochitona ciroi Righi, 1971
  34. Species Acanthochitona communis (Risso, 1826) accepted as Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Synonym)
  35. Species Acanthochitona complanata (Hull, 1924)
  36. Species Acanthochitona condaoi Sirenko & Saito, 2017
  37. Species Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
  38. Species Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
  39. Species Acanthochitona crinitus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) (Spelling variation)
  40. Species Acanthochitona curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) accepted as Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) (incorrect placement)
  41. Species Acanthochitona defilippii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
  42. Species Acanthochitona discrepans (T. Brown, 1827)
  43. Species Acanthochitona dissimilis Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1931
  44. Species Acanthochitona druna (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  45. Species Acanthochitona elongata Kaas, 1972 accepted as Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 accepted as Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  46. Species Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)
  47. Species Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  48. Species Acanthochitona ferreirai W. G. Lyons, 1988
  49. Species Acanthochitona flebilis (Laws, 1950) †
  50. Species Acanthochitona forsythensis (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  51. Species Acanthochitona galapagana Watters, 1981 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  52. Species Acanthochitona garnoti (Blainville, 1825)
  53. Species Acanthochitona gatliffi (Ashby, 1919)
  54. Species Acanthochitona globosa Dell'Angelo, Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2018 †
  55. Species Acanthochitona gracilis (Jeffreys, 1859) accepted as Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) (synonym)
  56. Species Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894)
  57. Species Acanthochitona hassleri Watters, 1990 accepted as Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  58. Species Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893)
  59. Species Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  60. Species Acanthochitona imperatrix Watters, 1981
  61. Species Acanthochitona interfissa Kaas, 1972 accepted as Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1829)
  62. Species Acanthochitona interglacialis Dell'Angelo, Landau, Sosso & Taviani, 2020 †
  63. Species Acanthochitona intermedia (Nierstrasz, 1905)
  64. Species Acanthochitona jacquelinae A. G. Smith & A. J. Ferreira, 1977 accepted as Acanthochitona angelica Dall, 1919 (junior subjective synonym)
  65. Species Acanthochitona joallesi (Rochebrune, 1881)
  66. Species Acanthochitona jucunda (Rochebrune, 1882)
  67. Species Acanthochitona jugotenuis Kaas, 1979
  68. Species Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)
  69. Species Acanthochitona lanae Sirenko & Saito, 2017
  70. Species Acanthochitona leopoldi (Leloup, 1933)
  71. Species Acanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986
  72. Species Acanthochitona lineata W. G. Lyons, 1988
  73. Species Acanthochitona macrocystialis (Ashby, 1924)
  74. Species Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927
  75. Species Acanthochitona mastalleri Strack, 1989
  76. Species Acanthochitona minuta Leloup, 1980
  77. Species Acanthochitona nana Sirenko & Tai-Tu, 2022
  78. Species Acanthochitona nigra Sirenko & Saito, 2017
  79. Species Acanthochitona noumeaensis Leloup, 1941 accepted as Leptoplax noumeaensis (Leloup, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  80. Species Acanthochitona oblonga Leloup, 1981
  81. Species Acanthochitona ostreaphila Sirenko & Saito, 2017
  82. Species Acanthochitona oxum Jardim, Almeida & Simone, 2022
  83. Species Acanthochitona pelicanensis (Mackay, 1929)
  84. Species Acanthochitona penetrans Winckworth, 1933
  85. Species Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863)
  86. Species Acanthochitona pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015
  87. Species Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896)
  88. Species Acanthochitona pilsbryoides (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  89. Species Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893)
  90. Species Acanthochitona quincunx Leloup, 1981
  91. Species Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)
  92. Species Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
  93. Species Acanthochitona roseojugum W, G. Lyons, 1988
  94. Species Acanthochitona rubrolineata (Lischke, 1873)
  95. Species Acanthochitona sabratus (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  96. Species Acanthochitona saitoi Sirenko, 2012
  97. Species Acanthochitona saundersi Gowlett-Holmes & Zeidler, 1987
  98. Species Acanthochitona savinkini Sirenko, 2012
  99. Species Acanthochitona scutigera (Reeve, 1847)
  100. Species Acanthochitona shaskyi A. J. Ferreira, 1987
  101. Species Acanthochitona shirleyi (Ashby, 1922)
  102. Species Acanthochitona sibogae (Thiele, 1910)
  103. Species Acanthochitona singletoni (Cotton & Godfrey, 1940) †
  104. Species Acanthochitona spiculosa (Reeve, 1847)
  105. Species Acanthochitona spratlyenses Sirenko & Nguyen Tai, 2021
  106. Species Acanthochitona subrubicunda (Leloup, 1941)
  107. Species Acanthochitona sueurii (Blainville, 1825)
  108. Species Acanthochitona tabogensis A. G. Smith, 1961 accepted as Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior subjective synonym)
  109. Species Acanthochitona terezae Guerra Júnior, 1983
  110. Species Acanthochitona thackwayi (Ashby, 1924)
  111. Species Acanthochitona thileniusi (Thiele, 1909)
  112. Species Acanthochitona trianguloides (Ashby & Cotton, 1939) †
  113. Species Acanthochitona turtoni (Ashby, 1928) accepted as Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  114. Species Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906)
  115. Species Acanthochitona venezuelana W. G. Lyons, 1988
  116. Species Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872)
  117. Species Acanthochitona woodwardi Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
  118. Species Acanthochitona worsfoldi W. G. Lyons, 1988
  119. Species Acanthochitona zebra W. G. Lyons, 1988 accepted as Americhiton zebra (W. B. Lyons, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  120. Species Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137613 on 2024-11-26
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2016-02-20 20:49:14Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-06-25 14:44:36Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2023-10-29 10:29:17Z
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Herbert, David

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original description Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. <em>London Medical Repository.</em> 15 (87): 229–239., available online at https://archive.org/details/s0id11783780/page/229/mode/1up
page(s): 234 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton (Platysemus) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 98 (offprint: 34) [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites (Meturoplax) Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, II. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(10): 119-120., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565892 [details] 

original description (of Anisochiton P. Fischer, 1885) Fischer, P. (1880-1887). <i>Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des mollusques vivants et fossiles suivi d'un Appendice sur les Brachiopodes par D. P. Oehlert. Avec 23 planches contenant 600 figures dessinées par S. P. Woodward.</i>. Paris: F. Savy. Published in 11 parts (fascicules), xxiv + 1369 pp., 23 pls. [1: 1-112, 21 September 1880; 2: 113-192, 16 March 1881; 3: 193-304, 28 July 1881; 4: 305-416, 5 May 1882; 5: 417-512, 21 February 1883; 6: 513-608, 20 December 1883; 7: 609-688, 30 June 1884; 8: 689-784, 29 January 1885; 9: 785-896, 31 August 1885; 10: 897-1008, 30 April 1886; 11: 1009-1369, 15 June 1887]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47340
page(s): 881-882 [details] 

original description (of Meturoplax Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, I. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(9): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565878 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochiton (Acanthochites) Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of southern Europe and particularly those around Nice and the Alpes Maritimes.]. <em>Chez F.G. Levrault, Paris,.</em> 4:+ 439 pp., pls 1-12. [copepod :138, ol.5]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192. or https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Chiton (Hamachiton) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles.</em> 6(1): 67-200 [offprint 1-151], pls 1-14., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54915280
page(s): 97 (offprint: 33) [details] 

original description (of Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846) Herrmannsen, A. N. (1846-1852). Indicis Generum Malacozoorum primordia. Fischer, Cassel. Vol. 1: i-xxviii, 1-637 pp. [i-xxviii + 1-104: 1 Sep 1846; 105-232: 1 Dec 1846; 233-360: 1 Mar 1847; 361-488: 18 Apr 1847; 489-616: 25 May 1847; 617-637: 17 Jul 1847]; 2: 1-717, xxix-xlii pp. [1-104: 17 Jul 1847; 105-232: 8 Sep 1847; 233-352: 7 Dec 1847; 353-492: 18 Feb 1848; 493-612: Feb 1849; 613-717 + xxix-xliii: Mar 1849]; Supplementa et corrigenda: i-v, 1-140 pp. [Dec 1852]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10695423 [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record 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. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian]
page(s): 116 [details] 

redescription Sirenko B.I. & Saito H. (2017). New species of chitons of the superfamily Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from Vietnamese waters. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock) [details]

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Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona) 
To Genbank (from synonym Acanthochites Risso, 1826)
To Genbank (from synonym Acanthochaetes Risso, 1826)
To Genbank (from synonym Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846)
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Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 18 mm).
Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)Specimen from Barbate, Spain (actual size 18 mm).
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Acanthochitona fascicularis
Acanthochitona fascicularis
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Acanthochitona fascicularis
Acanthochitona fascicularis
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Acanthochitona fascicularis
Acanthochitona fascicularis
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Acanthochitona fascicularis
Acanthochitona fascicularis
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