Cadulus
Encyclopedia
Cadulus is a large genus
of small tusk shell
s in the family
Gadilidae
. It contains over fifty-one described species
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small tusk shell
Tusk shell
The tusk shells or scaphopods are a class of shelled marine mollusks. The scientific name of this class is Scaphopoda, meaning "shovel-footed". Shells of species within this class range from about 0.5 to 15 cm in length...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Gadilidae
Gadilidae
Gadilidae is a family of tusk shells in the order Dentaliida.-Genera:* Bathycadulus Scarabino, 1995 * Cadulus Philippi, 1844* Dischides Jeffreys, 1867 * Gadila Gray, 1847* Polyschides Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898...
. It contains over fifty-one described species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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Species
- Cadulus aberrans Whiteaves, 1887 - aberrant toothshell
- Cadulus acus Dall, 1889
- Cadulus aequalis Dall, 1881
- Cadulus agassizii Dall, 1881
- Cadulus albicomatus Dall, 1890
- Cadulus amiantus Dall, 1889
- Cadulus ampullaceus Watson, 1879
- Cadulus arctus Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus artatus Locard, 1897
- Cadulus atlanticus Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus austinclarki Emerson, 1951
- Cadulus californicus (Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898)
- Cadulus carolinensis Bush, 1885
- Cadulus colubridensCadulus colubridensCadulus colubridens is a tusk shell, or Scaphopoda, in the family Gadilidae of the order Dentaliida, that has been described from only one specimen collected in 1874 by the H.M.S. Challenger expedition. The original description and a drawing was published in 1879 by Robert Boog Watson, a Scottish...
Watson, 1879 - Cadulus cucurbitus Dall, 1881
- Cadulus cylindratus Jeffereys, 1877
- Cadulus delicatulusCadulus delicatulusCadulus delicatulus is a tusk shell of the family Gadilidae, 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 m, and in the Milford Sound area between 180 and 200 m....
Suter, 1913 - Cadulus elongatus J. B. Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus exiguus Watson, 1879
- Cadulus foweyensis Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus fusiformis Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898
- Cadulus grandis A. E. Verrill, 1884
- Cadulus greenlawi Dall, 1889
- Cadulus hepburni (Dall, 1897)
- Cadulus iota Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus mayori (J. B. Henderson, 1920)
- Cadulus miamiensis J. B. Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus minusculus Dall, 1889
- Cadulus obesus Watson, 1879
- Cadulus pandionis (A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1880)
- Cadulus parvus J. B. Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus perpusillus (Sowerby, 1832)
- Cadulus platensis Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus proculum Dall, 1889
- Cadulus providensis Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus quadridentatus Dall, 1881
- Cadulus quadrifissatus (Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898)
- Cadulus rastridens Watson, 1879
- Cadulus regularis Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus rushii Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898
- Cadulus spectabilis A. E. Verrill, 1885
- Cadulus stearnsii (Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898)
- Cadulus striatus Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898
- Cadulus teligerCadulus teligerCadulus teliger is a tusk shell of the family Gadilidae, endemic to New Zealand waters. It can be found from the Three Kings Islands to the Chatham Islands, at depths of between 15 and 360 m, and lives off the Auckland Islands at depths of approximately 170 m....
Finlay, 1927 - Cadulus tetraschistus (Watson, 1879)
- Cadulus tetrodon Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898
- Cadulus tolmiei (Dall, 1897)
- Cadulus transitorius (J. B. Henderson, 1920) - inflated toothshell
- Cadulus tumidosus Jeffreys, 1877
- Cadulus verrilli Henderson, 1920
- Cadulus watsoni Dall, 1881