Chaetodermatidae is a family of
molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
belonging to the order
Caudofoveata
Caudofoveata is a small class within the phylum Mollusca, also known as Chaetodermomorpha. The class is often combined with Solenogastres and termed Aplacophora, but some studies have cast doubt on the monophyly of this group.
Anatomy
Caudofo ...
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Genera:
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Chaetoderma''
Lovén, 1844
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Falcidens
''Falcidens'' is one of three genera within the family Chaetodermatida; its radula consists of a single row of teeth which are mineralized in crystalline hydroxyapatite (a most unusual mineral in organisms), and its teeth are not periodically ...
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Salvini-Plawen, 1968
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Furcillidens''
Scheltema, 1998
References
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Aplacophorans
Mollusc families