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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986 
AphiaID: 386499

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorPolyplacophora (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNeoloricata (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChitonida (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochitonina (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCryptoplacoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochitonidae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochitona (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochitona Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAcanthochiton zelandicus doubtlessensis Ashby, 1926 (the nominal species is a synonym of Acanthochitona zelandica, Leloup's (1981) citation refers to Acanthochitona limbata (see Kaas & Van Belle 1998, p. 64))
Source  basis of record (from synonym) Leloup, E. (1981). Chitons de Tulear, Reunion, Maurice et Tahiti. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. nat. Belg. (Biologie) 53(3): 1-46. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution 
From other sources
Madagascar
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMadagascar [from synonym] [view taxon]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo MNHN Type collection
Images Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editor[show unreviewed]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386499
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2009-03-23 07:54:34Z  created  Schwabe, Enrico
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z  changed  Schwabe, Enrico
  
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  Citation: Schwabe, E. (2013). Acanthochitona limbata Kaas, 1986. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386499 on 2013-12-05
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