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Polyplacophora Neoloricata CHITONIDAE 

Acanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Chiton spiniger Sowerby, 1840

Distribution

Red Sea (Solimon&Guirguis1982)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman and Nicobar
     Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
     Sykes, E. R. 1907. p.34 

Keywords

depth: intertidal       Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55 
salinity: marine 
substrate: rocks [ 'commonly attached to rocks in the intertidal region' ]      Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55 

References

 Soliman, G.N. & Iskander, A.N. 1982. p.205 General reference
 Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.55 General reference
 Sykes, E. R. 1907. p.34 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816
            Neoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955
              Ischnochitonina
                CHITONIDAE
                  ACANTHOPLEURINAE
                    Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829
                      Acanthopleura spiniger (Sowerby, 1840)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=73336) created by Mark Kitson on 2002-07-15. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-07-14.