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Acanthochitona fascicularis

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Acanthochitonidae

Taxonomy
Chiton fascicularis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Acanthochitona.

It was recombined as Acanthochitona fascicularis by Gray (1821).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Chiton fascicularis Linnaeus
1821Acanthochitona fascicularis Gray p. 234
1979Acanthochitona communis Sabelli and Taviani

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
Serialia
RankNameAuthor
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
subclassNeoloricata(Bergenhayn 1955)
orderChitonidaThiele 1909
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
familyAcanthochitonidaePilsbry 1893
genusAcanthochitonaGray 1821
speciesfascicularis(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Invalid names: Acanthochitona communis Sabelli and Taviani 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackishc
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 09:30:10
Modified: 2010-02-15 05:49:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Italy Acanthochitona fascicularis (175548 175549 175552)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Acanthochitona fascicularis (173663)