Prochaetodermatidae

Prochaetodermatidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Aplacophora
Subclass: Caudofoveata
Order: Prochaetodermatidae
Salvini-Plawen, 1969
Families
  • Chevroderma
  • Claviderma
  • Lonchoderma
  • Niteomica
  • Prochaetoderma
  • Spathoderma

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.