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Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)

Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 14 mm).
Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
Specimen from Benalmádena, Spain (actual size 14 mm).

138675  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138675)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Polyplacophora (Class)
  5. Neoloricata (Subclass)
  6. Chitonida (Order)
  7. Acanthochitonina (Suborder)
  8. Cryptoplacoidea (Superfamily)
  9. Acanthochitonidae (Family)
  10. Acanthochitoninae (Subfamily)
  11. Acanthochitona (Genus)
  12. Acanthochitona crinita (Species)
accepted
Species
Acanthochaetes vulgaris Leach, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym ( )
Acanthochites aeneus sensu Monterosato, 1879 · unaccepted > misapplication (not Risso, 1826)
Acanthochites carinatus Risso, 1826 · unaccepted (synonym)
Acanthochiton hispidus Van W. Palmer, 1945 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthochitona crinitus (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted (Spelling variation)
Acanthochitona lacrimulifera Baluk, 1971 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (original combination)
Chiton fascicularis var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chiton onyx L. Spengler, 1797 · unaccepted (synonym)

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(of Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 71; pl. 36 fig. 1, A1 [details] 
Taxonomy Confusion about the name: A. communis and A. crinita wered referred to as Chiton fascicularis according to Van Belle...  
Taxonomy Confusion about the name: A. communis and A. crinita wered referred to as Chiton fascicularis according to Van Belle (1982) and Van Aartsen et al. (1984) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138675 on 2026-03-29
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
2024-02-07 09:10:34Z
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Köhler, Frank

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chiton onyx L. Spengler, 1797) Spengler, L. (1797). Udförlig beskrivelse over det mangeskkallede konkylie-slaegt, af Linneus kaldet Chiton med endeel nye arter og varieteter. <em>Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet.</em> 4: 62-103 pl. 6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58273821
page(s): 95 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites carinatus Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826 - 1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. [Natural history of the main productions of Southern Europe and particularly those of the area around Nice and the Maritime Alps. <em>In: Levrault, F.G. (ed.). vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984
page(s): Vol. 4: 269. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acanthochaetes vulgaris Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain, arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp., pls 1-5*,5**-13 (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 229; pl. 10 fig. 8 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites aeneus sensu Monterosato, 1879) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1879). Enumerazione e sinonimia delle conchiglie mediterranee - Monografia dei Chitonidi del Mediterraneo. <em>Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche, Palermo.</em> 14: 9–31 [December 31st, 1879]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35334047
page(s): 30 [details] 

original description (of Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 71; pl. 36 fig. 1, A1 [details] 

original description (of Chiton fascicularis var. attenuata Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys, J. G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 212 [details] 

original description (of Chiton fascicularis var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 1. xiv + 267 p., pls. 1-12. Sumptibus Simonis Schroppii et Sociorum. Berolini [Berlin]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46935803 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acanthochites fascicularis var. fusca Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites fascicularis var. cinnabrina Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites fascicularis var. lutescens Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906) Dautzenberg, Ph.; Durouchoux, P. (1906). Supplément à la faunule malacologique des environs de Saint-Malo. <em>La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes.</em> 36: 39-45, 53-60, 73-77., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5911930 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochites adansoni Rochebrune, 1881) Rochebrune, A.T. de. (1881). Diagnoses specierum novarum familiae Chitonidarum, I. Species africanae. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 29(1): 42-46., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15856094 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochiton hispidus Van W. Palmer, 1945) Palmer, K. v. W. (1945). Molluscan types in the Carpenter Collection in the Redpath Museum. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(3): 97-102., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517330
page(s): 102 [details] 

original description (of Acanthochitona lacrimulifera Baluk, 1971 †) Bałuk, W. (1971). Lower Tortonian chitons from the Korytnica clays, southern slopes of the Holy Cross Mts. <em>Acta Geologica Polonica.</em> 21(3): 449-472, 6 pls.
page(s): 484, pl. 2, figs 6-9 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

Taxonomy

status source Bonfitto, A., Dell'Angelo, B., Evangelisti, F. & Sabelli, B. (2011). The genus Acanthochitona (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in the Mediterranean Sea: morphological and molecular data. Scientia Marina 75(1): 171–180., available online at https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1241/1309 [details] 

Other

additional source Amati B. & Oliverio M. (2019). First record of <i>Acanthochitona pilosa</i> Schmidt-Petersen, Schwabe & Haszprunar, 2015 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) in Spain and Algeria. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 55(2): 140-144.
page(s): 142, figs 2A, 3 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Lesport, J. F.; Cluzaud, A.; Sosso, M. (2020). The Oligocene to Miocene chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of the Aquitaine Basin, soutwestern France, and Ligerian Basin, western France. Part 2: Lepidochitonidae, Tonicellidae, Acanthochitonidae, Cryptoplacidae and Additions to Part 1. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 56(1): 1-58.
page(s): 39-40 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Landau, B. M.; Silva, C. M. D.; Sosso, M. (2022). Biogeography of northeastern Atlantic Neogene chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora): New data from the Pliocene of Portugal. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 96(4): 814-838., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dell'Angelo, B.; Sosso, M.; Taviani, M. (2025). The Cenozoic European Polyplacophora (Mollusca). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5704(1): 1-377., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5704.1.1
page(s): 259, fig. 134 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

subsequent type designation Kaas, P. (1985). The genus <i>Acanthochitona</i> Gray, 1821 (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Mediterranean Sea, with designation of neotypes of <i>A. fascicularis</i> (L. 1767) and of <i>A. crinita</i> (Pennant, 1777). <em>Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> ser. 4, 7(3), section A (Zoologie): 579-603., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58458335 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Confusion about the name: A. communis and A. crinita wered referred to as Chiton fascicularis according to Van Belle (1982) and Van Aartsen et al. (1984) [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch ruwe keverslak [from synonym]kleine borstelkeverslak  [details]
English bristly mail shellbristly mail chiton  [details]
French petit chiton épineux  [details]
German Europäische Stachel-Käferschnecke  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål børsteleddsnegl [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk børsteleddsnigel [from synonym]  [details]
Spanish quitón espinoso  [details]
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (25 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Acanthochitona gracilis (Jeffreys, 1859))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthochitona crinitus (Pennant, 1777))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Acanthochites carinatus Risso, 1826)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications) (from synonym Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Acanthochites adansoni Rochebrune, 1881)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthochitona crinita) 
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 56 proteins) 
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 56 proteins) (from synonym Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Baie de Douarnen... 
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Canarias, Gran Canaria, Sardina) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton onyx L. Spengler, 1797)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites carinatus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochaetes vulgaris Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites adansoni Rochebrune, 1881)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton fascicularis var. attenuata Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Chiton fascicularis var. minor R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites fascicularis var. fusca Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites fascicularis var. cinnabrina Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites fascicularis var. lutescens Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochitona crinita crinita (Pennant, 1777))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Acanthochitona crinitus (Pennant, 1777))
To ITIS
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