Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829

Sirenko, Boris I. & Zhang, Junlong, 2019, Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Hainan Island and vicinity, South China Sea, Zootaxa 4564 (1), pp. 1-40 : 21

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Genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 View in CoL

Type species. Chiton spinosus Bruguiere, 1792 , SD Gray 1847.

Genus distribution and range. The genus Acanthopleura has been recorded from four well separated areas: the western part of the Indian Ocean, the East Indies to the central part of the Pacific Ocean, the western coast of South America, and the Caribbean area ( Kaas et al. 2006). Miocene–Recent.

References

Bruguiere, J. G. (1792) Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. Journal d'Histoire Naturelle, 1, 20 - 33.

Gray, J. E. (1847) A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonymy and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society London, 15, 129 - 206.

Guilding, L. (1829) Observations on the Chitonidae. The Zoological Journal, 5, 25 - 35.

Kaas, P., Van Belle, R. A. & Strack, H. L. (2006) Monograph of Living Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Vol. 6. Suborder Ischnochitonina (concluded): Schizochitonidae; Chitonidae. Additions to Vols 1 - 5. E. J. Brill, Leiden-Boston, 463 pp.