WoRMS name details
Acanthochiton brookesi Ashby, 1926
386974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386974)
unaccepted (superseded combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Acanthochiton brookesi Ashby, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386974 on 2026-04-07
Date
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Nomenclature
original description
Ashby, E. (1926). The acanthoid chitons of New Zealand, with descriptions and figures, including several new species. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 17: 5–35., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a063888
page(s): 14 [details]
page(s): 14 [details]
Other
additional source
Blom, W. M. (2025). Annotated catalogue of fossil and extant molluscan types in the Auckland War Memorial Museum. <em>Bulletin of the Auckland Museum.</em> 22: 1-273.
page(s): 9 [details]
page(s): 9 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
