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Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830

spinosa
spinosa

151210  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151210)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Chitonina (Suborder)
  8. Chitonoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Chitonidae (Family)
  10. Acanthopleurinae (Subfamily)
  11. Acanthopleura (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792 accepted as Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) (type by subsequent designation)
Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) Pilsbry, 1893 · alternative representation
Acanthozostera Iredale & Hull, 1926 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
  2. Species Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
  3. Species Acanthopleura loochooana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
  4. Species Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933
  5. Species Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
  6. Species Acanthopleura tenuispinosa (Leloup, 1939)
  7. Species Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
  8. Species Acanthopleura vaillantii Rochebrune, 1882
  9. Subgenus Acanthopleura (Lucilina) Dall, 1882 accepted as Lucilina Dall, 1882 (junior subjective synonym)
  10. Subgenus Acanthopleura (Mesotomura) Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Mesotomura Pilsbry, 1893 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  11. Species Acanthopleura afra Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
  12. Species Acanthopleura arenosa A. J. Ferreira, 1986 accepted as Liolophura arenosa (A. J. Ferreira, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  13. Species Acanthopleura balansae Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Species Acanthopleura bergenhayni Leloup, 1937 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Species Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
  16. Species Acanthopleura ciliata sensu F. W. Hutton, 1873 accepted as Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (unaccepted > misapplication, not Sowerby II, 1839)
  17. Species Acanthopleura complexa F. W. Hutton, 1872 accepted as Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (junior subjective synonym)
  18. Species Acanthopleura curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) accepted as Squamopleura curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  19. Species Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824) accepted as Enoplochiton echinatus (Barnes, 1824) accepted as Mesotomura echinata (Barnes, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  20. Species Acanthopleura fluxa P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Nuttallina fluxa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  21. Species Acanthopleura gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Liolophura gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  22. Species Acanthopleura glareosa E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
  23. Species Acanthopleura haddoni Winckworth, 1927 accepted as Acanthopleura vaillantii Rochebrune, 1882
  24. Species Acanthopleura hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844) accepted as Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  25. Species Acanthopleura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Liolophura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  26. Species Acanthopleura japonica (Lischke, 1873) accepted as Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)
  27. Species Acanthopleura miles (Pilsbry, 1893) accepted as Squamopleura miles (Pilsbry, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Species Acanthopleura nigropunctata P. P. Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Lucilina nigropunctata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) (original combination)
  29. Species Acanthopleura nobilis J. E. Gray, 1843 accepted as Eudoxochiton (Eudoxochiton) nobilis (J. E. Gray, 1843) represented as Eudoxochiton nobilis (J. E. Gray, 1843) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Species Acanthopleura rawakiana Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
  31. Species Acanthopleura rehderi A. J. Ferreira, 1986 accepted as Liolophura rehderi (A. J. Ferreira, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  32. Species Acanthopleura spicifera [sic] accepted as Acanthopleura spiniger (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (misspelling)
  33. Species Acanthopleura spiniger (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (the nominal species is a synonym of Acanthopleura gemmata; W Indian Ocean records refer to A. testudo; Red Sea records to A. vaillantii (see Kaas et al. 2006))
  34. Subgenus Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) Pilsbry, 1893 represented as Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830
    1. Species Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) planispina Bergenhayn, 1933 accepted as Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933 (superseded combination)
  35. Species Acanthopleura quatrefagesi Rochebrune, 1881 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Guilding L. (1830). Observations on the Chitonidae. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 25-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380685
page(s): 27 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151210 on 2025-07-16
Date
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2005-04-05 17:36:55Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-03-20 07:57:47Z
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Schwabe, Enrico
2019-08-29 02:00:11Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2019-08-29 20:48:12Z
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Marshall, Bruce
2023-11-21 08:49:09Z
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Vinarski, Maxim

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Nomenclature

original description Guilding L. (1830). Observations on the Chitonidae. <em>The Zoological Journal.</em> 5: 25-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380685
page(s): 27 [details] 

original description (of Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) Pilsbry, 1893) Pilsbry, H. A. (1893). On <i>Acanthopleura</i> and its subgenera. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 6(9): 104-105., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12596913 [details] 

original description (of Acanthozostera Iredale & Hull, 1926) Iredale, T.; Hull, A. F. B. (1923-1927). A monograph of the Australian loricates. I-IX. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 3(5): 186-194 [7 June 1923]; 3(6): 227-238, pls 33-34 [9 May 1924]; 3(7): 277-297, pls 35-37 [7 October 1924]; 3(8): 339-362, pls 39-40 [14 Jan. 1925]; 4(2): 75-111, pls 9-12 [10 Nov. 1925]; 4(3): 164-185, pls 18-20 [22 Feb. 1926]; 4(4): 256-276, pls 37-39 [30 April 1926]; 4(5): 324-328 [30 Nov. 1926]; 4(6): 339-359 [18 May 1927]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38719393 [details] 

basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source 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. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian] [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 168. [details] 

 
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