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Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
211920 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211920)
accepted
Species
Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1792). Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. <em>Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1(1): 20-33, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6009817
page(s): 25, pl. 2 figs 1-2A-C [details]
page(s): 25, pl. 2 figs 1-2A-C [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211920 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1792). Description de deux coquilles, des genres de l'Oscabrion et de la Pourpre. <em>Journal d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 1(1): 20-33, pl. 2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6009817
page(s): 25, pl. 2 figs 1-2A-C [details]
original description (of Acanthopleura spinosa var. montebelloensis Ashby, 1922) Ashby, E. (1922). Notes on the Australian representatives of the genus <i>Acanthopleura</i>, Guilding, together with a description of Polyplacophora in the Western Australian Museum. <em>Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 8: 29-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46126010 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Sasaki, M.; Hamguchi, M;; Nishihama, S. (2006). Distribution of Acanthopleura spinosa (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) on Miyako and Irabu Islands, Okinawa. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 65 (1-2): 165-168. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 25, pl. 2 figs 1-2A-C [details]
original description (of Acanthopleura spinosa var. montebelloensis Ashby, 1922) Ashby, E. (1922). Notes on the Australian representatives of the genus <i>Acanthopleura</i>, Guilding, together with a description of Polyplacophora in the Western Australian Museum. <em>Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia.</em> 8: 29-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46126010 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Sasaki, M.; Hamguchi, M;; Nishihama, S. (2006). Distribution of Acanthopleura spinosa (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) on Miyako and Irabu Islands, Okinawa. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 65 (1-2): 165-168. [details] Available for editors





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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthopleura spinosa)
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To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf, on rocks at low tide, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura spinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura spinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura spinosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthopleura spinosa)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) Australia, Northern Territory, Darwin)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792) Australia, Western Australia, Exmouth Gulf, on rocks at low tide, ex coll. F.J.A. Slieker Jr.)