Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
       Subdivision Bilateralia
         Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
           Subphylum Aculifera Hatschek, 1891
             Class Placophora von Ihering, 1876 see Class Polyplacophora Blainville, 1816
               Order Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn, 1930
                 Family Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893
                   Genus Acanthochiton Herrmannsen, 1846 see Genus Acanthochitona Gray, 1821