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Acanthochitona (glass-hair chiton)
Taxonomy
Acanthochitona was named by Gray (1821) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 889]. It is extant. Its type is Chiton fascicularis.
It was assigned to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthochitonidae by Berry (1922), Ladd (1966), Abbott (1974), Wells and Houston (2001) and Rosenberg (2005).
It was assigned to Neoloricata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthochitonidae by Berry (1922), Ladd (1966), Abbott (1974), Wells and Houston (2001) and Rosenberg (2005).
Synonymy list
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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.
G. Acanthochitona Gray 1821 [glass-hair chiton]
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†Acanthochitona avicula Carpenter 1864
†Acanthochitona crinita Pennant 1777
Acanthochitona fascicularis Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Acanthochitona communis Sabelli and Taviani 1979 [synonym]
Acanthochitona pygmaea Pilsbry 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available