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Chaetoderma (mollusc)

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Genus of molluscs

Chaetoderma
"Chaetoderma nitidulum"
Chaetoderma nitidulum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Caudofoveata
Order: Chaetodermatida
Family: Chaetodermatidae
Genus: Chaetoderma
Loven, 1844
Synonyms
  • Caudofoveatus Ivanov, 1981
  • Crystallophrisson Mobius, 1874

Chaetoderma is a speciose genus of aplacophoran mollusc. It has forty described species at present.

Species

References

  1. Shuichi Shigeno, Takenori Sasaki, Gerhard Haszprunar (2007) Central Nervous System of Chaetoderma japonicum (Caudofoveata, Aplacophora): Implications for Diversified Ganglionic Plans in Early Molluscan Evolution. Biological Bulletin 213: 122-134.

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Taxon identifiers
Chaetoderma
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