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chiton Chitons () are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora (), formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized. They are also sometimes known as gumboots or sea cradles or coat-of-mail s ...

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Acanthochitonidae Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons, marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora. Description These small to large chitons are characterised by a broad girdle with erect tufts of up to ten large bristles. The coarsely granular valves of the ...

, of worldwide distribution.

Species

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Acanthochitona achates ''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 * '' Acanthochitona achat ...

'' (Gould, 1859) * '' Acanthochitona andersoni'' Watters, 1981 * ''

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Acanthochitona approximans ''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 * ''Acanthochitona achates' ...

'' (Hedley & Hull, 1912) * '' Acanthochitona armata'' (Pease, 1872) * ''

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'' (Carpenter, 1857) * ''Acanthochitona astrigera'' (Reeve, 1847) * ''Acanthochitona avicula'' (Phillip Pearsall Carpenter, 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'' (Carl Linnaeus, 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'' (Jean René Constant Quoy, Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard, Gaimard, 1835)

References

* * Arthur William Baden Powell, Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', HarperCollins, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 {{Taxonbar, from=Q1810527 Acanthochitonidae Extant Oligocene first appearances