WoRMS taxon details
Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954
386471 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386471)
accepted
Species
Acanthochitona elongata Kaas, 1972 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Abbott, R. T. (1954). <i>American Seashells</i>. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 318 [details]
page(s): 318 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386471 on 2026-09-09
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Nomenclature
original description
Abbott, R. T. (1954). <i>American Seashells</i>. New York: Van Nostrand. xiv, 541 pp, 40 pls.
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Acanthochitona elongata Kaas, 1972) Kaas, P. 1972. Polyplacophora of the Caribbean region. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean islands. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 41(137): 162 pp., 247 text figs., 9 pls. [details]
basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> 569-578. [details]
page(s): 318 [details]
original description (of Acanthochitona elongata Kaas, 1972) Kaas, P. 1972. Polyplacophora of the Caribbean region. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean islands. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 41(137): 162 pp., 247 text figs., 9 pls. [details]
basis of record Lyons, W. G. & Moretzsohn, F. (2009). Polyplacophora (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Gulf of Mexico-Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> 569-578. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Vončina, K.; Chen, Z.; Schwabe, E.; Hundsdoerfer, A. K.; Sigwart, J. D. (2026). Phylogenomic analysis of ultraconserved elements clarifies relationships and morphological evolution in Cryptoplacoidea (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). <em>Cladistics.</em> DOI 10.1111/cla.70039: 1-25., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.70039
page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 13 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Authority Nude name of Pilsbry (1940), validated by Abbott (1954). [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 349331) (from synonym Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954))
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona balesae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Americhiton balesae (R. T. Abbott, 1954) United States, Florida, Bonefish Key) (from synonym Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona balesae)
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Americhiton balesae (R. T. Abbott, 1954) United States, Florida, Bonefish Key) (from synonym Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
