CHITONIDAE Index


  Acanthopleura
Chiton

  Acanthopleura Guilding, 1829 (depths in collection: intertidal)

   
 
Acanthopleura granulata (Gmelin, 1791)
S. Florida to E. Panama, West Indies
E. Costa Rica 36mm
Acanthopleura brevispinosa (Sowerby II, 1840)
Red Sea to Madagascar, to W. Indonesia
Comores 20mm
 


  Chiton Linnaeus, 1758 (depths in collection: 1m deep)

 
 
Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797
Mediterranean & adjacent Atlantic
Corsica 10-24mm
Chiton corallinus (Risso, 1826)
Northern Mediterranean
Corsica 21mm
   
 
Chiton albolineatus Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
W. Mexico to Guatemala
W. Mexico 25mm
Chiton sulcatus Wood, 1815
Galapagos
Galapagos 82mm
 
 
 
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
Marquesas
Marquesas 58mm
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
Marquesas
Marquesas 73mm
Chiton marquesanus Pilsbry, 1893
Marquesas
Marquesas 88mm
 
 
Chiton pellisserpentis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1815)
New Zealand
New Zealand 25,5-26mm
Chiton tuberculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Bermuda to Venezuela, Gulf of Mexico
Lesser Antilles 46mm
Chiton mauritianus Quoy & Gaimard, 1835
Madagascar to Seychelles, Mascarenhas
Réunion 20mm
 
 
Chiton glaucus Gray, 1828
SE. Tasmania, New Zealand
New Zealand 20,5-35mm



  CHITONIDAE Index