Prochaetodermatidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Caudofoveata
Order: Chaetodermatida
Family: Prochaetodermatidae
Salvini-Plawen, 1969
Genera
  • Chevroderma Scheltema, 1985
  • Claviderma Scheltema & Ivanov, 2000
  • Dacryomica Ivanov & Scheltema, 2004
  • Lonchoderma Salvini-Plawen, 1992
  • Niteomica D. Ivanov, 1996
  • Prochaetoderma Thiele, 1902
  • Spathoderma Scheltema, 1985

The Prochaetodermatidae are a family of small worm-shaped (<1 cm) chaetoderm molluscs. The burrowing organisms lack a true foot; they have a large pair of jaws and a small radula, comprising a dozen rows of paired teeth. They are known from around the globe, except in polar regions, and inhabit ocean depts of 50 m to the deepest depths trawled.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Scheltema, A. H. (1985). "The Aplacophoran Family Prochaetodermatidae in the North American Basin, including Chevroderma n. g. and Spathoderma n. g. (Mollusca; Chaetodermomorpha)". Biological Bulletin. 169 (2): 484–529. doi:10.2307/1541497. JSTOR 1541497. PMID 29314917.
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