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Acanthochitona bouvieri
(Rochebrune, 1881)
AphiaID
224267
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:224267)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Polyplacophora
Neoloricata
Chitonida
Acanthochitonina
Cryptoplacoidea
Acanthochitonidae
Acanthochitona
Acanthochitona bouvieri
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Acanthochitona
J. E. Gray, 1821
Original name
Acanthochites bouvieri
Rochebrune, 1881
Synonymised names
Acanthochites bouvieri
Rochebrune, 1881
·
unaccepted
(original combination)
Environment
marine
Original description
(of
Acanthochites bouvieri
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]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase.
Acanthochitona bouvieri
(Rochebrune, 1881). 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=224267 on 2026-08-30
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Acanthochitona bouvieri
(Rochebrune, 1881). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=224267 on 2026-08-30
Taxonomic edit history
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2006-03-14 09:13:56Z
created
Mussai, Prakash
2009-03-23 08:24:45Z
changed
Schwabe, Enrico
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Sources (2)
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Links (3)
original description
(of
Acanthochites bouvieri
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]
basis of record
Rolán E. (2005). Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. <em>ConchBooks.</em> Hackenheim. ISBN 3-325319-73-2. 455 pp.
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(from synonym
Acanthochites bouvieri
Rochebrune, 1881
)
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(from synonym
Acanthochites bouvieri
Rochebrune, 1881
)
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