WoRMS name details
Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894)
386510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386510)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Acanthochites rhodeus Pilsbry, 1893 · unaccepted (original combination)
Acanthochiton retrojectus (Pilsbry, 1894) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, I. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(9): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565878
page(s): 107 [details]
page(s): 107 [details]
Note Australia, Port Jackson near Sydney
Type locality Australia, Port Jackson near Sydney [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386510 on 2026-08-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Acanthochites (Meturoplax) retrojectus Pilsbry, 1894) Pilsbry, H. A. (1894). Notices of new chitons, I. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 7(9): 107-108., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12565878
page(s): 107 [details]
page(s): 107 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Australia, Port Jackson near Sydney [details]
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 64848)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acanthochites rhodeus Pilsbry, 1893)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acanthochites rhodeus Pilsbry, 1893)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894) Australia, New South Wales, Sydney)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Acanthochites rhodeus Pilsbry, 1893)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Acanthochites rhodeus Pilsbry, 1893)
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona retrojecta (Pilsbry, 1894) Australia, New South Wales, Sydney)