WoRMS taxon details
Americhiton Watters, 1990
415040 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415040)
accepted
Genus
Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Acanthochitona arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) accepted as Americhiton arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Watters G.T. (1990). A review of the Recent eastern Pacific Acanthochitoninae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) with the description of a new genus, <i>Americhiton</i>. <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 241–271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465409
page(s): 266 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Americhiton Watters, 1990. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415040 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Watters G.T. (1990). A review of the Recent eastern Pacific Acanthochitoninae (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Cryptoplacidae) with the description of a new genus, <i>Americhiton</i>. <em>The Veliger.</em> 33(3): 241–271., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42465409
page(s): 266 [details]
page(s): 266 [details]
