Acanthochitona
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| Acanthochitona venezuelana, Florida Middle Grounds, 28°35.0'N, 84°14.9'W, 31 m, 19 May 1977. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Suborder: | Acanthochitonina |
| Family: | Acanthochitonidae |
| Genus: | Acanthochitona Gray, 1821 |
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Acanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution. [2]
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthochitona include [3]
- Acanthochitona achates (Gould, 1859)
- Acanthochitona andersoni Watters, 1981
- Acanthochitona angelica W. H. Dall, 1919
- Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
- Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
- Acanthochitona arragonites (Carpenter, 1857)
- Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
- Acanthochitona avicula (Carpenter, 1857)
- Acanthochitona balesae Pilsbry MS, Abbott, 1954 – slender glass-hair chiton
- Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Acanthochitona biformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Acanthochitona bisulcata (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Acanthochitona bouvieri (de Rochebrune, 1881)
- Acanthochitona brookesi Ashby, 1926
- Acanthochitona brunoi Righi, 1971
- Acanthochitona burghardtae Clark, 2000
- Acanthochitona byungdoni Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
- Acanthochitona circellata (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)
- Acanthochitona ciroi Righi, 1971
- Acanthochitona complanata Hull, 1924
- Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
- Acanthochitona crinita crinita (Pennant, 1777)
- Acanthochitona crinita oblonga Leloup, 1981
- Acanthochitona defilippii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
- Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827)
- Acanthochitona dissimilis Is. & Iw. Taki, 1931
- Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Acanthochitona ferreirai Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona garnoti (de Blainville, 1825)
- Acanthochitona gatliffi Ashby, 1919
- Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893) – red glass-hair chiton
- Acanthochitona hirudiniformis
- Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis (Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
- Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana Leloup, 1941
- Acanthochitona imperatrix Watters, 1981
- Acanthochitona intermedia(Nierstrasz, 1905)
- Acanthochitona joallesi (de Rochebrune, 1881)
- Acanthochitona jucunda (de Rochebrune, 1882)
- Acanthochitona jugotenuis Kaas, 1979
- Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)
- Acanthochitona leopoldi (Leloup, 1933)
- Acanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986
- Acanthochitona lineata Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona macrocystialis Ashby, 1924
- Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927
- Acanthochitona mastalleri Leloup MS, Strack, 1989
- Acanthochitona minuta Leloup, 1980
- Acanthochitona noumeaensis Leloup, 1941
- Acanthochitona pelicanensis Mackay, 1929
- Acanthochitona penetrans Winckworth, 1933
- Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863)
- Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896)
- Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893) – striate glass-hair chiton
- Acanthochitona quincunx Leloup, 1981
- Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)
- Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
- Acanthochitona roseojugum Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona rubrolineata (Lischke, 1873)
- Acanthochitona saundersi Gowlett & Zeidler, 1987
- Acanthochitona scutigera (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)
- Acanthochitona shaskyi Ferreira, 1987
- Acanthochitona shirleyi Ashby, 1922
- Acanthochitona sibogae (Thiele, 1909)
- Acanthochitona subrubicunda Leloup, 1941
- Acanthochitona sueurii (de Blainville, 1825)
- Acanthochitona terezae Guerra Júnior, 1983
- Acanthochitona thackwayi Ashby, 1924
- Acanthochitona thileniusi Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906)
- Acanthochitona venezuelana Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872)
- Acanthochitona woodwardi Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
- Acanthochitona worsfoldi Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona zebra Lyons, 1988
- Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)
References
- ^ van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). 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 2023-12-11
- ^ WoRMS : Acanthochitona
- "Acanthochitona". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1