WoRMS name details
Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840)
211922 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211922)
unaccepted
Species
Chiton borbonicus Deshayes, 1863 · unaccepted
Chiton cunninghami Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted
marine
(of Chiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1840). Descriptions of some new chitons. <em>Magazine of Natural History, New Series.</em> 4: 287–294, suppl. pl. 16. [1 June 1840]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2354085
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211922 on 2025-05-01
Date
action
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2000-09-13 07:19:12Z
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Garcia, Maria
2012-05-14 15:31:10Z
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Gille, Didier
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chiton brevispinosus G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1840). Descriptions of some new chitons. <em>Magazine of Natural History, New Series.</em> 4: 287–294, suppl. pl. 16. [1 June 1840]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2354085
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
page(s): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Brooker, L. R. (2003). Revision of <i>Acanthopleura</i> Guilding, 1829 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) based on light and electron microscopy. Unpublished thesis, Murdoch University, Western Australia. Vol. 1: i-xiii, 1-303; Vol. 2: 304-550., available online at https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/479/2/02Whole.pdf
page(s): 485. [details]
page(s): 485. [details]
Other
additional source
Strack, H. L. (1993). The Polyplacophora of the Red Sea. <em>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia.</em> 14: 1-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00852988.1993.11923901 [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Kaas P. (1996). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Seychelles with description of a new species. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 70(25): 367-375., available online at http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=150665 [details]
additional source Kaas, P. (1979). The chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 23(3): 855–879.
page(s): 868. [details]
[request]additional source Kaas P. (1996). Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Seychelles with description of a new species. <em>Zoologische Mededelingen.</em> 70(25): 367-375., available online at http://dare.uva.nl/cgi/arno/show.cgi?fid=150665 [details]
additional source Kaas, P. (1979). The chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) of Mozambique. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 23(3): 855–879.
page(s): 868. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | thorny chiton | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 184) Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi, Bawe ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5825) (from synonym Chiton borbonicus Deshayes, 1863)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 184) Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi, Bawe ...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-5825) (from synonym Chiton borbonicus Deshayes, 1863)
