Acanthochitona
Encyclopedia
Acanthochitona is a genus
of chiton
s in the family
Acanthochitonidae
, of worldwide distribution.
(WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthopleura include
Genera
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of chiton
Chiton
Chitons are small to large, primitive marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.There are 900 to 1,000 extant species of chitons in the class, which was formerly known as Amphineura....
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons.-Description:These small to large chitons are characterised by a broad girdle with erect tufts of up to ten large bristles. The coarsely granular valves of the shell are partially overlapped by the girdle. This girdle is all covered by coarse spines. The...
, of worldwide distribution.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
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(WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthopleura include
- Acanthochitona achates (Gould, 1859)
- Acanthochitona andersoni Watters, 1981
- Acanthochitona angelica W. H. DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1919 - Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
- Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
- Acanthochitona arragonites (Carpenter, 1857)
- Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
- Acanthochitona avicula (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 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 fascicularisAcanthochitona fascicularisAcanthochitona fascicularis is a common chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.-Distribution and habitat:This chiton has been recorded in European waters, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Pacific Ocean...
(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 thileniusiAcanthochitona thileniusiAcanthochitona thileniusi is a very rare species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae. The only specimens have been found in Tauranga Harbour in New Zealand.-References:...
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 zelandicaAcanthochitona zelandicaAcanthochitona zelandica is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
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