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Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Mollusca
class
Polyplacophora
order
Chitonida
family
Chitonidae
genus
Acanthopleura
species
Acanthopleura spinosa

Name

Synonyms
Acanthopleura spinosa var. montebelloensis Ashby, 1922
Chiton spinosus Bruguière, 1792
Homonyms
Acanthopleura spinosa (Bruguière, 1792)
Common names
Chitone spinoso in Italian
ウニヒザラ in Japanese
ウニヒザラガイ in Japanese
ウニヒザラガイ in Japanese
海膽石鱉 in Chinese
ウニヒザラガイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  2. Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
  3. Sasaki, M.; Hamguchi, M;; Nishihama, S. (2006). Distribution of Acanthopleura spinosa (Polyplacophora: Chitonidae) on Miyako and Irabu Islands, Okinawa. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 65 (1-2): 165-168.
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