#4842 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
California Spiny Chiton
Nuttallina californica
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 outside Europe
📍 Orange County, CA, USA
📍 La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA
📍 22873, Ensenada, BC , MX
📍 San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA
📍 North Pacific Ocean, San Diego, CA, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Kat Halsey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © juliamarkey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Lorri G. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 6. Orange County, CA, USA:© Kassidy Wilkins · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. La Jolla, San Diego, CA, USA:© pangolinzen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 22873, Ensenada, BC , MX:© Melba · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA, USA:© juliamarkey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. North Pacific Ocean, San Diego, CA, US:© alinamichele · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Nuttallina californica , the California spiny chiton , is a species of chiton in the genus Nuttallina .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,101 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1847 (179 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- California Spiny Chiton
- scientific name
- Nuttallina californica
- class
- Polyplacophora
- order
- Chitonida
- family
- Tonicellidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 7,101
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1847 by Lovell Augustus Reeve
relatives· Tonicellidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 63048, Wikidata Q2224884, GBIF 5193837, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.