WoRMS taxon details
Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889
151208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151208)
accepted
Subfamily
Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830 (type by original designation)
Acanthopleuridae Dall, 1889 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830
- Genus Enoplochiton J. E. Gray, 1847
- Genus Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893
- Genus Mesotomura Pilsbry, 1893
- Genus Squamopleura Nierstrasz, 1905
- Genus Corephium J. E. Gray, 1847 (uncertain)
- Genus Acanthozostera Iredale & Hull, 1926 accepted as Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Clavarizona Hull, 1923 accepted as Liolophura Pilsbry, 1893 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthopleuridae Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 416 [details]
page(s): 416 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleurinae Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151208 on 2026-07-03
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(of Acanthopleuridae Dall, 1889) Dall, W. H. (1889). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25505
page(s): 416 [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
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page(s): 416 [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
[request]
