MolluscaBase - Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857

MolluscaBase name details

Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857

AphiaID

386967 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386967)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Acanthochitona arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Americhiton arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Americhiton Watters, 1990

Parent

Acanthochites Risso, 1826 accepted as Acanthochitona J. E. Gray, 1821

Original name

Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857

Environment

marine

Original description

Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 190 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean

type locality contained in Mexican part of the North Pacific Ocean [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=386967 on 2025-09-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-03-23 14:09:41Z

created

Schwabe, Enrico

2022-08-22 11:32:17Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Documented distribution (1)

original description Carpenter, P. P. (1857). <i>Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen</i>. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252
page(s): 190 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality