---
title: "Quitón espinoso de California"
description: "Nuttallina californica — Otros animales. Nuttallina californica, the California spiny chiton, is a species of chiton in the genus Nuttallina native to the coasts of California and Baja California."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/california-spiny-chiton
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Quitón espinoso de California

> Nuttallina californica — Otros animales. Nuttallina californica, the California spiny chiton, is a species of chiton in the genus Nuttallina native to the coasts of California and Baja California.

- Scientific name: *Nuttallina californica*
- Category: `other` (Otros animales)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar y costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7061
- Wikidata: [Q2224884](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2224884)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63048](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63048)

## Names

- en: California Spiny Chiton
- es: Quitón espinoso de California

## Countries with the most observations

US (5417), MX (59)

## Summary

Nuttallina californica, the California spiny chiton, is a species of chiton in the genus Nuttallina native to the coasts of California and Baja California.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuttallina_californica

## Photo

![Quitón espinoso de California](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/california-spiny-chiton/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Blanco · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340005360

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/california-spiny-chiton?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).