Subfamily Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry 1893 (chiton)
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Parent taxon: Acanthochitonidae according to J.-M. Pacaud and J. Le Renard 1995
Sister taxa: Acanthochitona, Bassethullia, Callistochitoninae, Craspedochiton, Cryptochiton, Cryptoconchus, Cryptoplax, Leptoplax, Notoplax
Subtaxa: Gymnoplax
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Acanthochitoninae in the database