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

Spathoderma clenchi Scheltema, 1985

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Spathoderma*	Scheltema, 1985	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Prochaetoderma clenchi*	(Scheltema, 1985)	synonym

Literature

original description	Scheltema A.H. (1985). The aplacophoran family Prochaetodermatidae in the North American Basin, including Chevroderma n.g., and Spathoderma n.g. (Mollusca, Chaetodermomorpha). Biological Bulletin. 169: 484-529.
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	Ivanov D.L., Scheltema A.H. (2001). Distribution of known caudofoveate species (Mollusca, Aplacophora) around Iceland. Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal. 11(1): 1-6.
additional source	Scheltema, A. & D.L. Ivanov. (2000). Prochaetodermatidae of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca: Aplacophora). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66(3): 313-362.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Spathoderma clenchi Scheltema, 1985. 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:140854