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Acanthochitona avicula

Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Acanthochitonidae

Taxonomy
Acanthochitona avicula was named by Carpenter (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ashby

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Acanthochitona avicula Carpenter
1922Acanthochitona avicula Berry p. 456
2021Acanthochitona avicula Hendy

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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
speciesaviculaCarpenter 1864

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.

†Acanthochitona avicula Carpenter 1864
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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Acanthochitona avicula (138821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthochitona avicula (160361)