Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution.

Acanthochitona
Temporal range:
Acanthochitona venezuelana, Florida Middle Grounds, 28°35.0'N, 84°14.9'W, 31 m, 19 May 1977.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Acanthochitona
Gray, 1821
Species

See text.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), species in the genus Acanthochitona include [2]

  • 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
  1. van Belle, R. A. (1981). Catalogue of Fossil Chitons. ISBN 90 6279 018 6.
  2. WoRMS : Acanthochitona
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