MCZ Malacology 204124

Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954

Date Collected:

1939-01-01/1939-12-31

Atlantic Ocean: Atlantic, Western Central: Gulf of Mexico: United States: Florida: Monroe | Vaca Key, Bonefish Key

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mala:204124 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954 linked data icon
Animalia Mollusca Polyplacophora Neoloricata Chitonida Acanthochintonina Cryptoplacoidea Acanthochitonidae
Common Name(s): slender glass-hair chiton
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: type ID

Abbott 1974, page 318, [type status needs research] of Acanthochitona balesae Abbott, 1954

  • malacology accession number: 1003

Part Condition Disposition Count
shell (dry) unchecked in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: Checked in drawer by MBaldinger, July 2022.

Attribute Value Determination On
associated grant Mobilizing Millions of Marine Mollusks of the Eastern Seaboard (ESB) By: Murat Recevik 2025-03-07
reference Pilsbry 1940. Nautilus 53: pl. 12, fig. 5 [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-10-18

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  • For Kaas this is a nom. nud.

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  • Ocean:
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Atlantic, Western Central
  • Ocean Subregion:
  • Gulf of Mexico
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Florida
  • County:
  • Monroe
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Vaca Key, Bonefish Key
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • USA, Florida, Bonefish Key
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Bonefish Key is part of the Vaca Key, but hard to make a pin point
  • Georeference:
  • 24.7614360°, -80.968883° (Error radius: 3103m) By: Murat Recevik on 2022-11-03 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1939-01-01 / 1939-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1939
  • Collector:
  • B. R. Bales

  • None

Media type: text; Malacology 204101; 204102; 204103; 204104; 204105; 204106; 204107; 204108; 204109; 204110; 204111; 204112; 204113; 204114; 204115; 204116; 204117; 204118; 204119; 204120; 204121; 204122; 204123; 204124; 204125 Description: MCZ Malacology Mollusca 204001-210000, pg.5;

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