Ακανθοχίτων

Ο **ακανθοχίτων** (επιστημονική-λατινική ονομασία *Acanthochitona*) είναι γένος θαλάσσιων μαλακίων της τάξεως των χιτώνων, που ταξινομείται στην ομώνυμη οικογένεια ακανθοχιτωνίδες και εμφανίζει παγκόσμια γεωγραφική κατανομή.

## Είδη
Σύμφωνα με την «Παγκόσμια Καταγραφή Θαλάσσιων Ειδών» (*World Register of Marine Species*, WoRMS), μεταξύ των ειδών ακανθοχίτωνα συγκαταλέγονται και τα εξής:

* *[[Acanthochitona achates]]* (Gould, 1859)
* *[[Acanthochitona andersoni]]*, Watters, 1981
* *[[Acanthochitona angelica]]*, W.H. Dall, 1919
* *[[Acanthochitona approximans]]* (Hedley & Hull, 1912)
* *[[Acanthochitona armata]]* (Pease, 1872)
* *[[Acanthochitona arragonites]]* (Carpenter, 1857)
* *[[Acanthochitona astrigera]]* (Reeve, 1847)
* *[[Acanthochitona avicula]]* (Carpenter, 1857)
* *[[Acanthochitona balesae]]*, Pilsbry MS, Abbott, 1954
* *[[Acanthochitona bednalli]]* (Pilsbry, 1894)
* *[[Acanthochitona biformis]]* (Nierstrasz, 1905)
* *[[Acanthochitona bisulcata]]* (Pilsbry, 1893)
* *[[Acanthochitona bouvieri]]* (de Rochebrune, 1881)
* *[[Acanthochitona brookesi]]*, Ashby, 1926
* *[[Acanthochitona brunoi]]*, Righi, 1971
* *[[Acanthochitona burghardtae]]*, Clark, 2000
** [[Acanthochitona byungdoni]]*, Hong, Dell'Angelo & Van Belle, 1990
* *[[Acanthochitona circellata]]* (A. Adams & Reeve MS, Reeve, 1847)
** [[Acanthochitona ciroi]]*, Righi, 1971
* *[[Acanthochitona complanata]]*, Hull, 1924
* *[[Acanthochitona coxi]]* (Pilsbry, 1894)
* *[[Acanthochitona crinita]]* (Pennant, 1777)
** *Acanthochitona crinita crinita* (Pennant, 1777)
** *Acanthochitona crinita oblonga*, Leloup, 1981
* *[[Acanthochitona defilippii]]* (Tapparone Canefri, 1874)
* *[[Acanthochitona discrepans]]* (Brown, 1827)
* *[[Acanthochitona dissimilis]]*, Is. & Iw. Taki, 1931
* *[[Acanthochitona exquisita]]* (Pilsbry, 1893)
* *[[Acanthochitona fascicularis]]* (Linnaeus, 1767)
* *[[Acanthochitona ferreirai]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona garnoti]]* (de Blainville, 1825)
* *[[Acanthochitona gatliffi]]*, Ashby, 1919
* *[[Acanthochitona granostriata]]* (Pilsbry, 1894)
* *[[Acanthochitona hemphilli]]* (Pilsbry, 1893)
* *[[Acanthochitona hirudiniformis]]*
*** Acanthochitona hirudiniformis hirudiniformis* (Sowerby στους Broderip & Sowerby, 1832)
** *Acanthochitona hirudiniformis peruviana*, Leloup, 1941
* *[[Acanthochitona imperatrix]]*, Watters, 1981
* *[[Acanthochitona intermedia]]* (Nierstrasz, 1905)
* *[[Acanthochitona joallesi]]* (de Rochebrune, 1881)
* *[[Acanthochitona jucunda]]* (de Rochebrune, 1882)
* *[[Acanthochitona jugotenuis]]*, Kaas, 1979
* *[[Acanthochitona kimberi]]* (Torr, 1912)
* *[[Acanthochitona leopoldi]]* (Leloup, 1933)
* *[[Acanthochitona limbata]]*, Kaas, 1986
* *[[Acanthochitona lineata]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona macrocystialis]]*, Ashby, 1924
* *[[Acanthochitona mahensis]]*, Winckworth, 1927
* *[[Acanthochitona mastalleri]]*, Leloup MS, Strack, 1989
* *[[Acanthochitona minuta]]*, Leloup, 1980
* *[[Acanthochitona noumeaensis]]*, Leloup, 1941
* *[[Acanthochitona pelicanensis]]*, Mackay, 1929
* *[[Acanthochitona penetrans]]*, Winckworth, 1933
* *[[Acanthochitona penicillata]]* (Deshayes, 1863)
* *[[Acanthochitona pilsbryi]]* (Sykes, 1896)
* *[[Acanthochitona pygmaea]]* (Pilsbry, 1893)
* *[[Acanthochitona quincunx]]*, Leloup, 1981
* *[[Acanthochitona retrojecta]]* (Pilsbry, 1894)
* *[[Acanthochitona rhodea]]* (Pilsbry, 1893)
* *[[Acanthochitona roseojugum]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona rubrolineata]]* (Lischke, 1873)
* *[[Acanthochitona saundersi]]*, Gowlett & Zeidler, 1987
* *[[Acanthochitona scutigera]]* (A. Adams & Reeve M.S., Reeve, 1847)
* *[[Acanthochitona shaskyi]]*, Ferreira, 1987
* *[[Acanthochitona shirleyi]]*, Ashby, 1922
* *[[Acanthochitona sibogae]]* (Thiele, 1909)
* *[[Acanthochitona subrubicunda]]*, Leloup, 1941
* *[[Acanthochitona sueurii]]* (de Blainville, 1825)
* *[[Acanthochitona terezae]]*, Guerra Júnior, 1983
* *[[Acanthochitona thackwayi]]*, Ashby, 1924
* *[[Acanthochitona thileniusi]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona variegata]]* (Nierstrasz, 1906)
* *[[Acanthochitona venezuelana]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona viridis]]* (Pease, 1872)
* *[[Acanthochitona woodwardi]]*, Kaas & Van Belle, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona worsfoldi]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona zebra]]*, Lyons, 1988
* *[[Acanthochitona zelandica]]* (Quoy και Gaimard, 1835)

## Παραπομπές


## Πηγές
* ''Acanthochitona'' στο ITIS
* Powell, A.W.B.: *New Zealand Mollusca*, William Collins Publishers Ltd., Auckland 1979, ISBN 0-00-216906-1

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