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> â 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> â 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> â 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>
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