Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Acanthochitona angelica
chitón, chiton
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Polyplacophora
Order
Chitonida
Suborder
Acanthochitonina
Superfamily
Cryptoplacoidea
Family
Acanthochitonidae
Genus
Acanthochitona
Species
angelica
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Acanthochitona jacquelinae Smith & Ferreira, 1977, CAS: type series no. 967 (Holotype of Acanthochitona jacquelinae Smith & Ferreira, 1977), 16437 (Paratype of Acanthochitona jacquelinae Smith & Ferreira ,1977). 40323, 40492, 40495
Origin: Native
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Acanthochitona angelica", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=10087. Accessed 21 June 2025.