Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Polyplacophora > Subclass Neoloricata > Order Chitonida > Suborder Acanthochitonina > Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea > Family Acanthochitonidae > Genus Acanthochitona

Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Acanthochitona*	Gray, 1821	accepted genus name
*Acanthochaetes*	Leach in Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochiton*	Iredale, 1915	synonym
*Anisochiton*	P. Fischer, 1885	synonym

Species group names

*Chiton fascicularis*	Linnaeus, 1767	basionym
*Acanthochites communis*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Acanthochites discrepans var. albina*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900	synonym
*Acanthochites discrepans var. violaceolimbata*	Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1906	synonym
*Acanthochites hamatus*	Rochebrune, 1882	synonym
*Acanthochiton communis*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Acanthochiton communis var. barashi*	Leloup, 1969	synonym
*Acanthochiton discrepans var. angustivalva*	Bergenhayn, 1931	synonym
*Acanthochiton heterochaetus*	Bergenhayn, 1931	synonym
*Acanthochitona communis*	(Risso, 1826)	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. elongata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. marmorata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Anisochiton discrepans var. nigrolineata*	Dautzenberg, 1893	synonym
*Chiton echinotus*	de Blainville, 1825	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis*	Linnaeus, 1767	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. major*	Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Chiton fascicularis var. rubra*	Issel, 1870	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: grote borstelkeverslak

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Jones, A.M.; Baxter, J.M. (1987). Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 37. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-08197-6. vi, 154 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (8 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Acanthochitona fascicularis. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138677