Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent[1] PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Polyplacophora
Order:	Neoloricata
Family:	Acanthochitonidae
Genus:	Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Species
See text.

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

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

• "Acanthochitona". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=79033. 
• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1