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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 at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211922 on 2025-09-10
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(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]
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
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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]
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 Unpublished thesis, Murdoch University, Western Australia.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): 287, suppl. pl. 16 fig. 1 [details]
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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | thorny chiton | [details] |
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi, Bawe Island, intertidal, on rockwall, collected 1999, ex coll. J.A. Buijse)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Conchology (Acanthopleura brevispinosa)
To Malacopics (Acanthopleura brevispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1840) Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi, Bawe Island, intertidal, on rockwall, collected 1999, ex coll. J.A. Buijse)
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