Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)

Reyes-Gómez, Adriana, Vargas-Ponce, Ofelia, Galván-Villa, Cristian, Salgado-Barragán, José, Esqueda-González, Ma. Del Carmen & Ríos-Jara, Eduardo, 2023, Inventory of chiton species (Polyplacophora) from the rocky intertidal of the Northern Gulf of California, with an illustrated taxonomic key, Zootaxa 5296 (2), pp. 147-178 : 167-169

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.2

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10558599

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)
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Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893) View in CoL

( Figures 3F View FIGURE 3 , 10G–L View FIGURE 10 )

Acanthochites exquisitus Pilsbry, 1893: 44–47 View in CoL . Chresonymy and synonymy in Watters (1990).

Type material. Lectotype, designated by Watters (1990), ANSP 349332 About ANSP .

Type locality. Bahía Las Ánimas , Baja California (BC), México.

Material examined. Twenty– six specimens, BL 8.3–20.9 mm.

Habitat. On large to medium–sized semi–submerged rocks, mainly on rough surfaces with coralline algae, either filamentous, crusty, green, brown or red.

Remarks. Acanthochitona exquisita has a sculpture of pustules with one aesthete on the center of its base ( Figs 10J, K View FIGURE 10 ). Intermediate valves with sub–triangular tegmentum and jugal area smooth ( Fig. 10H View FIGURE 10 ). Major lateral radular tooth tricuspid, minor lateral teeth small and short, very reduced; the central tooth appears as a rectangular long plate ( Fig. 10L View FIGURE 10 ). This species can reach body lengths between 25 and 34 mm and is considered a large species within the genus.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Polyplacophora

Order

Chitonida

Family

Acanthochitonidae

Genus

Acanthochitona

Loc

Acanthochitona exquisita (Pilsbry, 1893)

Reyes-Gómez, Adriana, Vargas-Ponce, Ofelia, Galván-Villa, Cristian, Salgado-Barragán, José, Esqueda-González, Ma. Del Carmen & Ríos-Jara, Eduardo 2023
2023
Loc

Acanthochites exquisitus

Pilsbry 1893: 44 - 47
1893
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