Biology:Acanthochitona

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Short description: Genus of molluscs

Acanthochitona
Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent[1]
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Acanthochitona venezuelana, Florida Middle Grounds, 28°35.0'N, 84°14.9'W, 31 m, 19 May 1977.
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Chitonida
Suborder: Acanthochitonina
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Genus: Acanthochitona
Gray, 1821
Synonyms
  • Acanthochaetes Risso, 1826 (synonym and incorrect subsequent spelling of Acanthochites Risso, 1826)
  • Acanthochites Risso, 1826
  • Acanthochites (Meturoplax) Pilsbry, 1894
  • Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Acanthochites Risso, 1826)
  • Acanthochiton (Acanthochites) Risso, 1826
  • Anisochiton P. Fischer, 1885
  • Chiton (Acanthochaetes) [sic] (misspelling)
  • Chiton (Acanthochites) Risso, 1826
  • Chiton (Acanthochiton) Herrmannsen, 1846
  • Chiton (Hamachiton) Middendorff, 1847 (a junior synonym)
  • Chiton (Platysemus) Middendorff, 1847
  • Meturoplax Pilsbry, 1894

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

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

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