Acanthochitona

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 <small>(Gould, 1859)</small>
• Acanthochitona andersoni <small>Watters, 1981</small>
• Acanthochitona angelica <small>W. H. Dall, 1919</small>
• Acanthochitona approximans <small>(Hedley & Hull, 1912)</small>
• Acanthochitona armata <small>(Pease, 1872)</small>
• Acanthochitona arragonites <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
• Acanthochitona astrigera <small>(Reeve, 1847)</small>
• Acanthochitona avicula <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
• Acanthochitona balesae <small>Pilsbry MS, Abbott, 1954</small> – slender glass-hair chiton
• Acanthochitona bednalli <small>(Pilsbry, 1894)</small>
• Acanthochitona biformis <small>(Nierstrasz, 1905)</small>
• Acanthochitona bisulcata <small>(Pilsbry, 1893)</small>
• Acanthochitona bouvieri <small>(de Rochebrune, 1881)</small>
• Acanthochitona brookesi <small>Ashby, 1926</small>
• Acanthochitona brunoi <small>Righi, 1971</small>
• Acanthochitona burghardtae <small>Clark, 2000</small>
• Acanthochitona byungdoni <small>Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990</small>
• Acanthochitona circellata<small> (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)</small>
• Acanthochitona ciroi <small>Righi, 1971</small>
• Acanthochitona complanata <small>Hull, 1924</small>
• Acanthochitona coxi<small> (Pilsbry, 1894)</small>
• Acanthochitona crinita <small>(Pennant, 1777)</small>
• Acanthochitona crinita crinita<small> (Pennant, 1777)</small>
• Acanthochitona crinita oblonga<small> Leloup, 1981</small>
• Acanthochitona defilippii<small> (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)</small>
• Acanthochitona discrepans <small>(Brown, 1827)</small>
• Acanthochitona dissimilis<small> Is. & Iw. Taki, 1931</small>
• Acanthochitona exquisita<small> (Pilsbry, 1893)</small>
• Acanthochitona fascicularis <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small>
• Acanthochitona feroxa<small> Kim & Hwang, 2026</small>
• Acanthochitona ferreirai<small> Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona garnoti <small>(de Blainville, 1825)</small>
• Acanthochitona gatliffi <small>Ashby, 1919</small>
• Acanthochitona granostriata <small>(Pilsbry, 1894)</small>
• Acanthochitona hemphilli <small>(Pilsbry, 1893)</small> – red glass-hair chiton
• Acanthochitona hirudiniformis
• Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis <small>(Sowerby in Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)</small>
• Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana <small>Leloup, 1941</small>
• Acanthochitona imperatrix <small>Watters, 1981</small>
• Acanthochitona intermedia<small>(Nierstrasz, 1905)</small>
• Acanthochitona joallesi <small>(de Rochebrune, 1881)</small>
• Acanthochitona jucunda <small>(de Rochebrune, 1882)</small>
• Acanthochitona jugotenuis <small>Kaas, 1979</small>
• Acanthochitona kimberi<small> (Torr, 1912)</small>
• Acanthochitona leopoldi <small>(Leloup, 1933)</small>
• Acanthochitona limbata <small>Kaas, 1986</small>
• Acanthochitona lineata <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona macrocystialis <small>Ashby, 1924</small>
• Acanthochitona mahensis <small>Winckworth, 1927</small>
• Acanthochitona mastalleri <small>Leloup MS, Strack, 1989</small>
• Acanthochitona minuta <small>Leloup, 1980</small>
• Acanthochitona noumeaensis <small>Leloup, 1941</small>
• Acanthochitona pelicanensis <small>Mackay, 1929</small>
• Acanthochitona penetrans <small>Winckworth, 1933</small>
• Acanthochitona penicillata (<small>Deshayes, 1863)</small>
• Acanthochitona pilsbryi<small> (Sykes, 1896)</small>
• Acanthochitona pygmaea <small>(Pilsbry, 1893)</small> – striate glass-hair chiton
• Acanthochitona quincunx <small>Leloup, 1981</small>
• Acanthochitona retrojecta<small> (Pilsbry, 1894)</small>
• Acanthochitona rhodea <small>(Pilsbry, 1893)</small>
• Acanthochitona roseojugum <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona rubrolineata <small>(Lischke, 1873)</small>
• Acanthochitona saundersi <small>Gowlett & Zeidler, 1987</small>
• Acanthochitona scutigera <small>(A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)</small>
• Acanthochitona shaskyi <small>Ferreira, 1987</small>
• Acanthochitona shirleyi<small> Ashby, 1922</small>
• Acanthochitona sibogae <small>(Thiele, 1909)</small>
• Acanthochitona subrubicunda <small>Leloup, 1941</small>
• Acanthochitona sueurii <small>(de Blainville, 1825)</small>
• Acanthochitona terezae <small>Guerra Júnior, 1983</small>
• Acanthochitona thackwayi <small>Ashby, 1924</small>
• Acanthochitona thileniusi <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona variegata <small>(Nierstrasz, 1906)</small>
• Acanthochitona venezuelana <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona viridis <small>(Pease, 1872)</small>
• Acanthochitona woodwardi <small>Kaas & Van Belle, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona worsfoldi <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona zebra <small>Lyons, 1988</small>
• Acanthochitona zelandica <small>(Quoy and Gaimard, 1835)</small>

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979