Ihering, 1876

Body either uniformly cylindrical or sometimes with a tail-like posterior. The foot-shield is undivided and surrounds the mouth. The radula is much reduced and consists of only one transverse row of real teeth if not completely reduced and lacking. One or two pairs of cuticular lateral supports and a large basal plate; some further, less obvious, cuticular strengthening may be present. The digestive midgut gland is well developed.

Source: Jones and Baxter, 1987.

The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:

Genus Chaetoderma
Chaetoderma nitidulum
Genus Falcidens
Falcidens crossotus

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Caudofoveata
Order Chaetodermatida
Family Chaetodermatidae

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Jones, A.M. & J.M. Baxter, 1987. Molluscs: Caudofoveata, Solenogastres, Polyplacophora and Scaphopoda. Synopses of the British fauna (NS), 37: 1-123.

Poppe, G.T. & Y. Goto, 1991. European Seashells. Vol. I. 352 pp. Wiesbaden/Verlag Christa Hemmen.

Salvini-Plawen, L. v., 1975. Mollusca Caudofoveata. Marine Invertebrates of Scandinavia. No. 4. The Norwegian Research Council for Science and Humanities.

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