Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Caudofoveata > Order Chaetodermatida > Family Chaetodermatidae > Genus Chaetoderma

Chaetoderma nitidulum Lovén, 1844

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chaetoderma*	Lovén, 1844	accepted genus name
*Caudofoveatus*	D. L. Ivanov, 1981	synonym
*Crystallophrisson*	Moebius, 1874	synonym

Species group names

*Chaetoderma nitens*	(Möbius, 1874)	synonym
*Crystallophrisson nitens*	Moebius, 1874	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: skinnende ormebløddyr sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: glistenworm sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Gemeiner Schildfuß

Literature

original description	Lovén S. (1844). Nytt Sjödjur. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 1(5): 116, pl. 2
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Salvini-Plawen L. (1970). Die norwegischen Caudofoveata (Mollusca, Aculifera). Sarsia 45: 1-16
additional source	Ivanov D.L., Scheltema A.H. (2000). On the nomenclatural status of the "type series" of Chaetoderma nitidulum Lovén, 1844. Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal. 10(1): 1-4.
redescription	Graff L. (1876). Anatomie des Chaetoderma nitidulum. Zeitschrift für wissenschaftliche Zoologie. 26: 166–192.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chaetoderma nitidulum Lovén, 1844. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139106