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Acanthochitona fascicularis

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - 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).

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
RankNameAuthor
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
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