Please login if you have access to particular applications.
Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) »
Mollusca (phylum)
» Polyplacophora (class)
» Chitonida (order)
» Acanthochitonidae (family)
CAAB Code :
23 120010
show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority :
Acanthochitona retrojecta
(Pilsbry, 1894)
Rank : Species
CAAB category :
23 -
Mollusca - non-Gastropod groups Bivalves, Cephalopods, Chitons, etc.
Family :
23 120 Acanthochitonidae (chitons) - show full list
Common Name : [a chiton]
Organism Type : a chiton
Synonyms :
Meturoplax retrojecta
Taxon lists :
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat :
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes :
23 120902
Acanthochitona spp.
Identifiers :
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:67194c1f-21c8-48ae-8dad-67b49ae19310
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species
urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:386510
Name status: accepted
Checked on: 2019-01-11
View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS)
(report and map of occurrences )
Record source :
Gowlett-Holmes, K.L., 2001. Polyplacophora. In: Wells, A. Houston, W.W.K., Editors, Mollusca: Aplacophora, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda. . Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 17.2: 19-84. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne 353pp.
Scientific Name verified against :
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species . . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.