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Acanthochitonina
- Superfamily Cryptoplacoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
- Superfamily Mopalioidea Dall, 1889
- Superfamily Acanthochitonoidea Pilsbry, 1893 accepted as Cryptoplacoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Superfamily Tonicelloidea Simroth, 1894 accepted as Mopalioidea Dall, 1889 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Taki, I. (1964). Classification of the Class Polyplacophora, with a List of Japanese Chitons. <em>Venus.</em> 22(4): 401-414. [details] Available for editors
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Acanthochitonina. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=90 on 2025-09-10
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Taki, I. (1964). Classification of the Class Polyplacophora, with a List of Japanese Chitons. <em>Venus.</em> 22(4): 401-414. [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
additional source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian] [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
additional source Sirenko B.I. 1993. Revision of the system of the order Chitonida (Molluscs: Polyplacophora) on the basis of correlation between the type of gills arrangement and the shape of the chorion processes. <i>Ruthenica</i> 3: 93-117 [In Russian] [details]