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Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

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

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Chiton fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893

Original name

Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Acanthochaetes Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym and incorrect subsequent...)

synonym and incorrect subsequent spelling of Acanthochites Risso, 1826

Acanthochites Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Acanthochites (Meturoplax) Pilsbry, 1894 · unaccepted (synonym)

Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846 · unaccepted (invalid: unjustified emendation...)

invalid: unjustified emendation of Acanthochites Risso, 1826

Acanthochiton (Acanthochites) Risso, 1826 · unaccepted

Acanthochitona (Acanthochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 · unaccepted

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 superseded rank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)

Meturoplax Pilsbry, 1894 · unaccepted

Direct children (107)

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Species Acanthochitona achates (A. Gould, 1859)
Species Acanthochitona angelica Dall, 1919
Species Acanthochitona approximans (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
Species Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
Species Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
Species Acanthochitona avicula (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Species Acanthochitona barbarae Dell'Angelo, Sosso & Taviani, 2024
Species Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894)
Species Acanthochitona biformis (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Species Acanthochitona bisulcata (Pilsbry, 1893)
Species Acanthochitona bonairensis Kaas, 1972
Species Acanthochitona bouvieri (Rochebrune, 1881)
Species Acanthochitona britayevi Sirenko, 2012
Species Acanthochitona brookesi Ashby, 1926
Species Acanthochitona brunoi Righi, 1971
Species Acanthochitona burghardtae R. N. Clark, 2000
Species Acanthochitona byungdoni Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
Species Acanthochitona circellata (Reeve, 1847)
Species Acanthochitona ciroi Righi, 1971
Species Acanthochitona complanata (Hull, 1924)
Species Acanthochitona condaoi Sirenko & Saito, 2017
Species Acanthochitona coxi (Pilsbry, 1894)
Species Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
Species Acanthochitona defilippii (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
Species Acanthochitona discrepans (T. Brown, 1827)
Species Acanthochitona dissimilis Is. Taki & Iw. Taki, 1931
Species Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)
Species Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Acanthochitona ferreirai W. G. Lyons, 1988
Species Acanthochitona garnoti (Blainville, 1825)
Species Acanthochitona gatliffi (Ashby, 1919)
Species Acanthochitona granostriata (Pilsbry, 1894)
Species Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893)
Species Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Species Acanthochitona imperatrix Watters, 1981
Species Acanthochitona intermedia (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Species Acanthochitona joallesi (Rochebrune, 1881)
Species Acanthochitona jucunda (Rochebrune, 1882)
Species Acanthochitona jugotenuis Kaas, 1979
Species Acanthochitona kimberi (Torr, 1912)
Species Acanthochitona lanae Sirenko & Saito, 2017
Species Acanthochitona leopoldi (Leloup, 1933)
Species Acanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986
Species Acanthochitona lineata W. G. Lyons, 1988
Species Acanthochitona macrocystialis (Ashby, 1924)
Species Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927
Species Acanthochitona mastalleri Strack, 1989
Species Acanthochitona minuta Leloup, 1980
Species Acanthochitona nana Sirenko & Tai-Tu, 2022
Species Acanthochitona nigra Sirenko & Saito, 2017
Species Acanthochitona oblonga Leloup, 1981
Species Acanthochitona ostreaphila Sirenko & Saito, 2017
Species Acanthochitona oxum Jardim, Almeida & Simone, 2022
Species Acanthochitona pelicanensis (Mackay, 1929)
Species Acanthochitona penetrans Winckworth, 1933
Species Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863)
Species Acanthochitona pilosa Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015
Species Acanthochitona pilsbryi (Sykes, 1896)
Species Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893)
Species Acanthochitona quincunx Leloup, 1981
Species Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)
Species Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
Species Acanthochitona roseojugum W, G. Lyons, 1988
Species Acanthochitona rubrolineata (Lischke, 1873)
Species Acanthochitona saitoi Sirenko, 2012
Species Acanthochitona saundersi Gowlett-Holmes & Zeidler, 1987
Species Acanthochitona savinkini Sirenko, 2012
Species Acanthochitona scutigera (Reeve, 1847)
Species Acanthochitona shaskyi A. J. Ferreira, 1987
Species Acanthochitona shirleyi (Ashby, 1922)
Species Acanthochitona sibogae (Thiele, 1910)
Species Acanthochitona spiculosa (Reeve, 1847)
Species Acanthochitona spratlyenses Sirenko & Nguyen Tai, 2021
Species Acanthochitona subrubicunda (Leloup, 1941)
Species Acanthochitona sueurii (Blainville, 1825)
Species Acanthochitona terezae Guerra Júnior, 1983
Species Acanthochitona thackwayi (Ashby, 1924)
Species Acanthochitona thileniusi (Thiele, 1909)
Species Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906)
Species Acanthochitona venezuelana W. G. Lyons, 1988
Species Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872)
Species Acanthochitona woodwardi Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
Species Acanthochitona worsfoldi W. G. Lyons, 1988
Species Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Subgenus Acanthochitona (Acanthochitona) J. E. Gray, 1821 accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821
Subgenus Acanthochitona (Notoplax) H. Adams, 1862 accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1862
1. Species Acanthochitona (Notoplax) mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908) accepted as Notoplax mariae (W. H. Webster, 1908) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
2. Species Acanthochitona (Notoplax) rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) accepted as Notoplax rubiginosa (F. W. Hutton, 1872) (superseded combination)
Species Acanthochitona aberrans (Odhner, 1919) accepted as Craspedochiton aberrans (Odhner, 1919)
Species Acanthochitona alisonae Kaas, 1976 accepted as Notoplax alisonae (Kaas, 1976) (original combination)
Species Acanthochitona andersoni Watters, 1981 accepted as Americhiton andersoni (Watters, 1981)
Species Acanthochitona arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Americhiton arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
Species Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 accepted as Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthochitona burhardtae [sic] accepted as Acanthochitona burghardtae R. N. Clark, 2000 (original misspelling (see note))
Species Acanthochitona communis (Risso, 1826) accepted as Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767) (Synonym)
Species Acanthochitona crinitus (Pennant, 1777) accepted as Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) (Spelling variation)
Species Acanthochitona curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) accepted as Leptoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960) (incorrect placement)
Species Acanthochitona elongata Kaas, 1972 accepted as Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 accepted as Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Species Acanthochitona galapagana Watters, 1981 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
Species Acanthochitona gracilis (Jeffreys, 1859) accepted as Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) (synonym)
Species Acanthochitona hassleri Watters, 1990 accepted as Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Species Acanthochitona interfissa Kaas, 1972 accepted as Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1829)
Species Acanthochitona jacquelinae A. G. Smith & A. J. Ferreira, 1977 accepted as Acanthochitona angelica Dall, 1919 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanthochitona noumeaensis Leloup, 1941 accepted as Leptoplax noumeaensis (Leloup, 1941) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Acanthochitona tabogensis A. G. Smith, 1961 accepted as Acanthochitona hirudiniformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanthochitona turtoni (Ashby, 1928) accepted as Acanthochitona variegata (Nierstrasz, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Acanthochitona zebra W. G. Lyons, 1988 accepted as Americhiton zebra (W. B. Lyons, 1988) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

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

Taxonomic citation

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 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2016-02-20 20:49:14Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2019-06-25 14:44:36Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-10-29 10:29:17Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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original description Gray, J. E. (1821). A natural arrangement of Mollusca, according to their internal structure. London Medical Repository. 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. [book series]. 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]

original description (of Chiton (Platysemus) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles. 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. The Nautilus. 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). 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.. 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. The Nautilus. 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. Tome quatrième. Levrault, Paris, vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192 [details]

original description (of Chiton (Hamachiton) Middendorff, 1847) Middendorff T.A. (1847). Beiträge zu einer Malakozoologia Rossica. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles. 2e Partie, Sciences Naturelles. 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. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

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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. Ruthenica 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. Zootaxa. 4299(4): 451-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4299.4.1 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Debris: transport of species on human generated debris (dock) [details]

Unreviewed

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

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