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Issue: Vol. 5244 No. 1: 16 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.3
Page range: 41-50
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Redescription of Acanthochitona mahensis Winckworth, 1927 (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae) from Indian Coasts

Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Scientific Associate, Malacology Section, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium.
Department of Aquatic Environment Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Plasma Surface Engineering Division, Institute of Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Chiton taxonomy systematics intertidal geographic distribution Mollusca

Abstract

A redescription of the chiton species Acanthochitona mahensis collected from the type locality is provided and its holotype is studied. This species has been previously recorded from the coasts of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Eritrea, and Jordan. It is compared with similar species (Acanthochitona biformis, A. jugotenuis, A. intermedia, A. leopoldi, A. penicillata and A. woodwardi). In India, the species has been reported from the mainland and Andaman Islands. New distributional records from the coast of India are also provided.

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