Chaetoderma (mollusc)

{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}

{{automatic taxobox

| taxon = Chaetoderma

| image = Chaetoderma nitidulum.jpg

| image_alt = "Chaetoderma nitidulum"

| image_caption = Chaetoderma nitidulum

| authority = Loven, 1844

| synonyms =

• Caudofoveatus Ivanov, 1981
• Crystallophrisson Mobius, 1874

}}

Chaetoderma is a speciose genus of aplacophoran mollusc.Shuichi Shigeno, Takenori Sasaki, Gerhard Haszprunar (2007) [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/213/2/122 Central Nervous System of Chaetoderma japonicum (Caudofoveata, Aplacophora): Implications for Diversified Ganglionic Plans in Early Molluscan Evolution]. Biological Bulletin 213: 122-134. It has forty described species at present.