Americhiton
Genus of molluscs
Americhiton | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Polyplacophora |
Order: | Chitonida |
Family: | Acanthochitonidae |
Genus: | Americhiton Watters, 1990 |
Type species | |
Acanthochites arragonites P. P. Carpenter, 1857 |
Americhiton is a genus of chitons within the family Acanthochitonidae.[1] Members of this genus are found distributed in the Caribbean Sea and in the Pacific off coasts of Mexico.[2]
Species
- Americhiton andersoni (Watters, 1981)
- Americhiton arragonites (P. P. Carpenter, 1857)
- Americhiton balesae (Abbott, 1954)
- Americhiton zebra (Lyons, 1988)