Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons, marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.
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| Acanthochitona zelandica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Suborder: | Acanthochitonina |
| Family: | Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893 |
Description
These small to large chitons are characterised by a broad girdle with erect tufts of up to ten large bristles. The coarsely granular valves of the shell are partially overlapped by the girdle. This girdle is all covered by coarse spines. The articulating flange, or articulamentum, is well developed. The margin of the cephalic plate has about five slits. The lateral insertion plates all have a single notch.[1]
Genera
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following genera are included in this family [2]
- Acanthochitona Gray, 1821
- Amycula
- Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928
- Choneplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882
- Craspedochiton Shuttleworth, 1853
- Craspedoplax Iredale & Hull, 1925
- Cryptoconchus de Blainville MS, Burrow, 1815
- Leptoplax Carpenter MS, Dall, 1882
- Notoplax H. Adams, 1861
- Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928
References
- P.J. Hayward, and J.S. Ryland (1996). Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe. Oxford University Press. p. 485. ISBN 0-19-854055-8.
- WoRMS : Acanthochitonidae
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
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