Cadulus delicatulus

Taxobox
name = "Cadulus delicatulus"


status =
trend =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Scaphopoda
ordo = Dentaliida
familia = Gadilidae
genus = "Cadulus"
species = "C. delicatulus"
binomial = "Cadulus delicatulus"
binomial_authority = Suter, 1913

"Cadulus delicatulus" is a tusk shell of the family Gadilidae, endemic to New Zealand waters. It is found from Northland to Fiordland, including the Chatham Rise and Chatham Islands, at depths of between 35 and 600 m, and in Milford Sound at between 180 and 200 m.

The shell is large, gently curved and evenly tapered, except for a slight constriction at the aperture. The apex is distinctive in that it is indented by six slits.

Length is up to 13.5 mm, and width up to 2.1 mm.

References

* Powell A W B, "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1