Acanthochitonidae – Acanthochitoninae: Acanthochitona sueurii (Blainville, 1825) (‘Lesueur’s chiton’)
Synonym(s): sueurii Blainville, 1825 asbestoides Carpenter, 1884.
Typical shell-length 30 mm. Lives intertidally on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia (TAS, VIC, SA and WA).
Classification
Class: Polyplacophora
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Acanthochitonina
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthochitoninae
Genus: Acanthochitona
Subclass: Chelodina
Order: Neoloricata
Superfamily: Acanthochitonina
Family: Acanthochitonidae
Subfamily: Acanthochitoninae
Genus: Acanthochitona
Localities for Acanthochitona sueurii
Carlton Beach: Spectacle Island
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Flinders Island: Lady Barron (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Little Green Island
Howden: foreshore
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Midway Point (unlocalised)
Murdunna: foreshore
North Bruny Island: Barnes Bay
North Bruny Island: Great Bay (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Killora: Rat Bay
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Premaydena: Impression Bay
South Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Clarence Point: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Woodbridge: foreshore & Birchs Point
Coles Bay (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Flinders Island: Lady Barron: Fisher Island
Flinders Island: Lady Barron (unlocalised)
Flinders Island: Little Green Island
Howden: foreshore
King Island: Currie Harbour
King Island: Grassy Harbour
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
King Island: Surprise Bay
King Island (unlocalised)
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Low Head (unlocalised)
Midway Point (unlocalised)
Murdunna: foreshore
North Bruny Island: Barnes Bay
North Bruny Island: Great Bay (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Killora: Rat Bay
Port Arthur: Point Puer & beach
Port Arthur (unlocalised)
Premaydena: Impression Bay
South Bruny Island (unlocalised)
Swansea (unlocalised)
Tamar River: Clarence Point: foreshore
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Woodbridge: foreshore & Birchs Point