| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Mollusca Cuvier, 1795 - mollusks |
| subphylum | Amphineura |
| superclassis | Placophora von Jhering, 1876 |
| class | Polyplacophora de Blainville, 1816 - chitons |
| subclass | Neoloricata Bergenhayn, 1955 |
| order | Acanthochitonina Bergenhayn, 1930 |
| family | Acanthochitonidae Pilsbry, 1893 |
| subfamily | Acanthochitoninae Pilsbry, 1893 |
| genus | Acanthochitona Gray, 1821 |
| species | Acanthochitona bednalli H. A. Pilsbry, 1894 |