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Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)

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

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

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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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138675 on 2026-07-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138675 on 2026-07-14
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
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Köhler, Frank

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 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 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 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] 

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] 

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

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

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

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

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] 

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] 
 
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Dutch kleine borstelkeverslak  [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 (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) (from synonym Chiton crinitus Pennant, 1777)
To GenBank (73 nucleotides; 56 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Baie de Douarne... 
To Malacopics (Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777) Spain, Canarias, Gran Canaria, Sardina) 
To PESI (from synonym Chiton onyx L. Spengler, 1797)
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochites carinatus Risso, 1826)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochaetes vulgaris Leach, 1852)
To PESI (from synonym Acanthochitona crinita crinita (Pennant, 1777))
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)
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