47 Species in Family Acanthochitonidae
Nominal species list for Acanthochitonidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Acanthochitona angelica Dall, 1919
Acanthochitona armata (Pease, 1872)
Acanthochitona astrigera (Reeve, 1847)
Acanthochitona avicula (Carpenter, 1864)
Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 Slender glass-hair chiton
Acanthochitona bonairensis Kaas, 1972
Acanthochitona burghardtae Clark, 2000
Acanthochitona ciroi Righi, 1971
Acanthochitona communis unspecified
Acanthochitona crinita (Pennant, 1777)
Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827)
Acanthochitona dissimilis Taki, 1931
Acanthochitona fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Acanthochitona hemphilli (Pilsbry, 1893) Red glass-hair chiton
Acanthochitona imperatrix Watters, 1981
Acanthochitona lineata Lyons, 1988 Striped glass-haired chiton
Acanthochitona oxum Jardim, Almeida & Simone, 2022
Acanthochitona penicillata (Deshayes, 1863)
Acanthochitona pygmaea (Pilsbry, 1893) Striate glass-hair chiton
Acanthochitona rhodea (Pilsbry, 1893)
Acanthochitona roseojugum Lyons, 1988
Acanthochitona spiculosa Reeve, 1847 Glass-haired chiton
Acanthochitona spratlyenses Sirenko & Nguyen Tai, 2021
Acanthochitona thileniusi (Thiele, 1909)
Acanthochitona venezuelana Lycons, 1988
Acanthochitona viridis (Pease, 1872) Chiton
Acanthochitona woodwardi Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
Acanthochitona worsfoldi Lyons, 1988
Acanthochitona zebra Lyons, 1988
Acanthochitona zelandica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835)
Americhiton andersoni (Watters, 1981) Smooth glass-hair chiton
Choneplax indica Odhner, 1919
Choneplax lata (Guilding, 1829)
Choneplax littlerorum Sirenko, 2003
Craspedochiton hemphilli unspecified Hemphill's chiton
Craspedochiton laqueatus (Sowerby, 1842)
Cryptochiton oliveri Schwabe, 2004
Cryptochiton stelleri (Middendorff, 1847) Giant Pacific chiton
Cryptoconchus floridanus (Dall, 1889) White-barred chiton
Cryptoconchus oliveri Schwabe, 2004
Cryptoconchus porosus unspecified Butterfly chiton
Leptoplax doederleini (Thiele, 1909)
Leptoplax unica (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Notoplax curvisetosa (Leloup, 1960)
Notoplax holosericea (Nierstrasz, 1905)
Notoplax magellanica Thiele, 1909 Tufted spiny sea cradle
Pseudotonicia cuneata (Suter, 1907)
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