| Acanthochitona bednalli | |
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| Dorsal view of Acanthochitona bednalli from Tasmania. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | Chitonida |
| Family: | Acanthochitonidae |
| Genus: | Acanthochitona |
| Species: | A. bednalli |
| Binomial name | |
| Acanthochitona bednalli (Pilsbry, 1894) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthochitona bednalli, the Bednall's chiton, is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae. [2]
Acanthochitona bednalli can reach a length of about 28 millimetres (1.1 in). [1] [3] This species has a broad girdle surrounding the valves.
This species is endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia. [3] [4] [5] These chitons live subtidally on rocks.
Chitons are marine molluscs of varying size in the class Polyplacophora, formerly known as Amphineura. About 940 extant and 430 fossil species are recognized.
Chiton is a genus of chitons, a polyplacophoran mollusk in the family Chitonidae.
Rhyssoplax is a genus of chitons in the family Chitonidae, endemic to Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and the Kermadec Islands.
Sinumelon bednalli is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Camaenidae. This species is endemic to Australia.
Plaxiphora is a genus of chitons in the family Mopaliidae.
Acanthochitona is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, of worldwide distribution.
Acanthochitona zelandica is a species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae, also sometimes known as the hairy, or "tufted," chiton. It probably developed during the mid to late Pleistocene, and is endemic to New Zealand.
Acanthochitona thileniusi is a very rare species of chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae. The only specimens have been found in Tauranga Harbour in New Zealand.
Craspedochiton is a genus of chitons in the family Acanthochitonidae, endemic to New Zealand, the Philippines and Australia.
Volutoconus is a small taxonomic genus of four rare species of sea snails, medium-sized predatory marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Chitonida is an order of chitons.
Acanthochitonidae is a family of chitons, marine molluscs in the class Polyplacophora.
Timbellus bednalli, common name Bednall's murex, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails.
Splendrillia bednalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.
Cumia bednalli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colubrariidae.
Acanthochitona fascicularis is a common chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae.
Acanthochitona garnoti, the spiny chiton, is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Acanthochitonidae, found on the coast of southern Africa.
Acanthochitona crinita is a species of marine chiton in the family Acanthochitonidae. It is found on rocky coasts in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
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