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Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893 
AphiaID: 91

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Polyplacophora (Class) > Neoloricata (Subclass) > Chitonida (Order) > Acanthochitonina (Suborder) > Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Cryptoplacoidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Acanthochitidae Pilsbry, 1893 (original combination)
Source  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch borstelkeverslakken  [details]
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taxa

[show all]
 Genus Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Genus Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928
Genus Choneplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882
Genus Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
Genus Craspedoplax Iredale & Hull, 1925
Genus Cryptoconchus Blainville MS, Burrow, 1815
Genus Leptoplax Dall, 1882
Genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
Genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928

Genus Acanthochaetes Leach in Risso, 1826 accepted as Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Genus Acanthochites Leach in Risso, 1826 accepted as Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Genus Acanthochiton Iredale, 1915 accepted as Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Genus Americhiton Watters, 1990 accepted as Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
Genus Angasia Carpenter in Dall, 1882 accepted as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
Genus Aristochiton Thiele, 1909 accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
Genus Chitonellus Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Cryptoplax Blainville, 1818
Genus Eoplax Ashby & Cotton, 1936 † accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
Genus Loboplax Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
Genus Macandrellus Dall, 1879 accepted as Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
Genus Phacellozona Pilsbry, 1894 accepted as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
Genus Spongiochiton Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882 accepted as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
Genus Thaumastochiton Thiele, 1909 accepted as Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
Note  Description: Suborder Acanthochitonina [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:91
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-03-19 13:29:13Z  changed  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Acanthochitonidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=91 on 2013-05-19
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