Late Pleistocene Red Sea Mollusca: 1. Polyplacophora Author Dell’Angelo, Bruno Author Landau, Bernard M. Author Sosso, Maurizio Author Taviani, Marco text Zootaxa 2020 2020-05-11 4772 3 401 449 journal article 22261 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.1 d807f185-5391-4c8c-84c6-2550370b3cd3 1175-5326 3819654 F546A223-59A0-4DA1-9102-AD7BC482105F Genus Acanthochitona Gray 1821 Type species. Chiton fascicularis Linnaeus, 1767 , by monotypy. Distribution. Almost worldwide except polar waters. The fossil record extends back to the Miocene of the Mediterranean Basin ( Dell’Angelo et al . 2016 , 2018a , b), Paratethys ( Šulc 1934 ; Bałuk 1984 ), West Pacific Islands ( Ladd 1966 ), and Australia ( Cotton 1964 ).