Family ACANTHOCHITONIDAE
Introduction
The Acanthochitonidae is a large family of chitons found worldwide in tropical to polar seas. The majority of members of this family are poorly known, in part because few specimens are available for study, and the taxonomy of the group is in need of revision.
The family is characterised by insertion plates, usually with slits, on all valves, insertion plate teeth never pectinate; tegmentum often reduced, rarely absent; extra-pigmentary aesthetes absent, girdle spiculose, usually with sutural tufts.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1964. South Australian Mollusca. Chitons. Adelaide : S.A. Govt. Printer 150 pp.
Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1990. A review of the endemic Australian chiton genus Bassethullia Pilsbry, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 11: 9-28
Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 12: 77-88
Iredale, T. & Hull, A.F.B. 1925. A monograph of Australian loricates (Phylum Mollusca – Order Loricata). V. Family Cryptoconchidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(2): 75-111 pls 9-12 [Date published 10 Nov. 1925]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |