Genus Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829

Type species. Chiton spinosus Bruguiere, 1792, SD Gray 1847.

Genus distribution and range. The genus Acanthopleura has been recorded from four well separated areas: the western part of the Indian Ocean, the East Indies to the central part of the Pacific Ocean, the western coast of South America, and the Caribbean area (Kaas et al. 2006). Miocene–Recent.