WoRMS taxon details
Caudofoveata
Chaetodermomorpha · unaccepted
- Order Chaetodermatida
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Boettger, C. R. (1956). Beiträge zur Systematik der Urmollusken (Amphineura). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Supplement.</em> 19: 223-256. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Caudofoveata. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151365 on 2025-07-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Boettger, C. R. (1956). Beiträge zur Systematik der Urmollusken (Amphineura). <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger, Supplement.</em> 19: 223-256. [details]
basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
basis of record An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors 
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additional source García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. <em>Fauna Iberica.</em> 38: 1-294. [details]
[request]additional source García-Álvarez O., Salvini-Plawen L.v., Urgorri V. & Troncoso J.S. (2014). Mollusca. Solenogastres, Caudofoveata, Monoplacophora. <em>Fauna Iberica.</em> 38: 1-294. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Classification There is a debate over whether Caudofoveata should be a subclass of a Class Aplacophora or a separate class. The phylogenetic relationships of aplacophoran molluscs are not unambiguously resolved although the data at hand (see Haszprunar 2000: American Malacological Bulletin 15, 115-130, and Glaubrecht, Maitas & Salvini-Plawen, 2005: Mitteilungen aus der Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin – Zoologische Reihe 81, 145-166) would support a relationship like Solenogastres(Caudofoveata(Polyplacophora(Conchifera)))) making Aplacophora paraphyletic. For this reason, contra the Aculiferan hypothesis of Scheltema (1993: Biological Bulletin 184, 57-78) and in agreement with the European school of Salvini-Plawen, Solenogastres and Caudofoveata are given full class status. [details]
