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Acanthochitonidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Acanthochitonidae

Higher classification
  
Acanthochitonina

Order
  
Neoloricata

Suborder
  
Acanthochitonina

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Family

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Lower classifications
  
Acanthochitona, Notoplax, Acanthochitona zelandica, Craspedochiton, Cryptoconchus

Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons.

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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.

Genera

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following genera are included in this family

  • 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

    Acanthochitonidae Wikipedia
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