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Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830
151210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151210)
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
Chiton (Acanthopleura) Guilding, 1830 · unaccepted
- Species Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Acanthopleura loochooana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933
- Species Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
- Species Acanthopleura tenuispinosa (Leloup, 1939)
- Species Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
- Species Acanthopleura vaillantii Rochebrune, 1882
- Subgenus Acanthopleura (Lucilina) Dall, 1882 accepted as Lucilina Dall, 1882 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthopleura afra Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
- Species Acanthopleura arenosa A. J. Ferreira, 1986 accepted as Liolophura arenosa (A. J. Ferreira, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura balansae Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Acanthopleura bergenhayni Leloup, 1937 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) accepted as Acanthopleura testudo (Spengler, 1797)
- Species Acanthopleura ciliata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) sensu F. W. Hutton, 1873 accepted as Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
- Species Acanthopleura complexa F. W. Hutton, 1872 accepted as Plaxiphora biramosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthopleura curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) accepted as Squamopleura curtisiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura echinata (Barnes, 1824) accepted as Enoplochiton echinatus (Barnes, 1824) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura fluxa P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Nuttallina fluxa (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Liolophura gaimardi (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura glareosa E. A. Smith, 1884 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Acanthopleura haddoni Winckworth, 1927 accepted as Acanthopleura vaillantii Rochebrune, 1882
- Species Acanthopleura hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844) accepted as Hanleya hanleyi (W. Bean, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) accepted as Liolophura hirtosa (Blainville, 1825) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura japonica (Lischke, 1873) accepted as Liolophura japonica (Lischke, 1873)
- Species Acanthopleura miles (Pilsbry, 1893) accepted as Squamopleura miles (Pilsbry, 1893) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura nigropunctata P. P. Carpenter, 1865 accepted as Lucilina nigropunctata (P. P. Carpenter, 1865) (original combination)
- 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)
- Species Acanthopleura rawakiana Rochebrune, 1882 accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825)
- Species Acanthopleura rehderi A. J. Ferreira, 1986 accepted as Liolophura rehderi (A. J. Ferreira, 1986) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Acanthopleura spicifera [sic] accepted as Acanthopleura spiniger (G. B. Sowerby II, 1839) accepted as Acanthopleura gemmata (Blainville, 1825) (misspelling)
- 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))
- Subgenus Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) Pilsbry, 1893 represented as Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830
- Species Acanthopleura (Amphitomura) planispina Bergenhayn, 1933 accepted as Acanthopleura planispina Bergenhayn, 1933 (superseded combination)
- 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]
page(s): 27 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura Guilding, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151210 on 2024-09-03
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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]
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
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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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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]
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]
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]
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
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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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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]
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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