Cadulus Philippi, 1844

Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares, Scarabino, Victor & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006, Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Brazilian continental shelf and upper slope (13 º to 21 ºS) with descriptions of two new species of the genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844, Zootaxa 1267, pp. 1-47 : 33-34

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173183

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258441

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CC6E8784-FFDA-FF99-FF54-F930FABCD4B1

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Plazi

scientific name

Cadulus Philippi, 1844
status

 

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Type species

Cadulus ovulum Philippi, 1844 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis

Shell small to medium, swollen, solid, smooth, white, translucent when fresh, shiny when dead. Maximum diameter in center of shell. Apex simple or coronate, preapical callus usually prominent, lumen circular. Apical, oral sections variable, usually oval dorsoventrally or laterally compressed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Scaphopoda

Order

Gadilida

Family

Gadilidae

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