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Cadulus delicatulus

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Cadulus delicatulus
illustration of "Cadulus delicatulus", 12 × 1.7 mm
illustration of Cadulus delicatulus, 12 × 1.7 mm
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Gadilida
Family: Gadilidae
Genus: Cadulus
Species:
C. delicatulus
Binomial name
Cadulus delicatulus
Suter, 1913

Cadulus delicatulus is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

It can be found from Northland to Fiordland, including the Chatham Rise and Chatham Islands. It lives at depths of between 35 and 600 metres (115 and 1,969 ft), and in the Milford Sound area between 180 and 200 metres (590 and 660 ft).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Powell, Arthur William Baden (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. p. 500. ISBN 978-0-00-216906-6.