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Acanthochitonina

Polyplacophora - Neoloricata

Taxonomy
Acanthochitonina was named by Bergenhayn (1930). It is extant.

It was assigned to Neoloricata by Abbott (1974) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn
1974Acanthochitonina Abbott pp. 392, 406
1995Acanthochitonina Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
—Serialia
classPolyplacophorade Blainville 1816
orderNeoloricataBergenhayn 1955
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930
suborderAcanthochitoninaBergenhayn 1930

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.

Subor. Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn 1930
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Fm. Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry 1893
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G. Acanthochitona Gray 1821 [glass-hair chiton]
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†Acanthochitona avicula Carpenter 1864
†Acanthochitona crinita Pennant 1777
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Invalid names: Acanthochitona communis Sabelli and Taviani 1979 [synonym]
Subfm. Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry 1893
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G. Gymnoplax Gray 1821
G. †Bassethullia Pilsbry 1928
G. Craspedochiton Shuttleworth 1853
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Invalid names: Chiton squamosus Libassi 1859 [synonym], Gymnoplax deslongchampsi Rochebrune 1883 [synonym]
†Craspedochiton eernissei Dell'Angelo et al. 2011
G. Cryptochiton Middendorff 1847
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Cryptochiton stelleri Middendorf 1847
G. Cryptoconchus Burrow 1815
G. Cryptoplax Blainville 1818
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G. †Leptoplax Carpenter 1882
G. Notoplax Adams 1861
Invalid names: Callistochitoninae Berry 1922 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 38.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Washington) Craspedochiton eernissei (180196)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Cryptoplax sp. A (78032 78033)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovakia Acanthochitona sp., Cryptoplax sp. (145974)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Cryptoplax ludbrookae (63436)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Acanthochitona sp. (78025) Acanthochitona sp., Cryptoplax sp. A (77976) Cryptoplax sp. B (77977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Cryptoplax sp., Cryptoplax menkrawitensis (78060)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands Acanthochitona sp. (43320)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Cryptochiton stelleri (207044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Italy Acanthochitona fascicularis, Acanthochitona crinita, Craspedochiton altavillensis (175552) Acanthochitona fascicularis, Craspedochiton altavillensis (175548 175549) Craspedochiton altavillensis (175395 175550 175551)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Acanthochitona fascicularis (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cryptochiton stelleri (96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Cryptochiton stelleri (138719 139843 207043)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Acanthochitona avicula (138821)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Cryptochiton stelleri (37933 37937 37939 37943 37946)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Cryptoconchus mucronatus (178191)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cryptochiton stelleri (138723 222663 222665)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Acanthochitona pygmaea (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cryptochiton stelleri (52347 67613 67641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Acanthochitona avicula (160361) Cryptochiton stelleri (207041)