Prochaetodermatidae

{{Short description|Family of molluscs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

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| taxon = Prochaetodermatidae

| authority = Salvini-Plawen, 1969

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Chevroderma Scheltema, 1985
• Claviderma Scheltema & Ivanov, 2000
• Dacryomica Ivanov & Scheltema, 2004
• Lonchoderma Salvini-Plawen, 1992
• Niteomica D. Ivanov, 1996
• Prochaetoderma Thiele, 1902
• Spathoderma Scheltema, 1985

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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.{{Cite journal | last1 = Scheltema | first1 = A. H. | title = The Aplacophoran Family Prochaetodermatidae in the North American Basin, including Chevroderma n. g. and Spathoderma n. g. (Mollusca; Chaetodermomorpha) | doi = 10.2307/1541497 | url = http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/2/484| journal = Biological Bulletin | volume = 169 | issue = 2 | pages = 484–529 | year = 1985 | jstor = 1541497 | pmid = 29314917 }}