Acanthochitona garnoti, the spiny chiton, is a medium-sized polyplacophoran mollusc in the family Acanthochitonidae, found on the coast of southern Africa.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Spiny Chiton being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Acanthochitona rubrolineata
- Plaxiphora caelata
- Acanthochitona zelandica
- Plaxiphora albida
- Acanthochitona crinita
- Acanthochitona fascicularis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Polyplacophora
- Order
- Chitonida
- Family
- Acanthochitonidae
- Genus
- Acanthochitona
- Species
- Acanthochitona garnoti
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