original description
(of Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière J.G. (1792). Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. <em>Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1(1): 20-33, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6009817
page(s): 25, pl. 2 figs 1-2A-C [details]
original description
(of Acanthopleura spinosa var. montebelloensis Ashby, 1922) Ashby, E. (1922). Notes on the Australian representatives of the genus <i>Acanthopleura</i>, Guilding, together with a description of Polyplacophora in the Western Australian Museum. <em>Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 8: 29-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46126010 [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Sasaki, M.; Hamguchi, M;; Nishihama, S. (2006). Distribution of Acanthopleura spinosa (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) on Miyako and Irabu Islands, Okinawa. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 65 (1-2): 165-168. [details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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