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Taxonomy
Family:
GADILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Cadulus (Genus)
> teliger (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Helonyx Stimpson, 1865
Images: Cadulus teliger Finlay, 1927
Dredged Marlborough Sounds, NZ (NMR 77735). 5mm. Natural History Museum Rotterdam (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Holotype, collected in 174 metres, off Auckland Islands, NZ (MA70127). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family:
GADILIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Scaphopoda (Class)
> Gadilida (Order)
> Gadilimorpha (Suborder)
> Gadilidae (Family)
> Cadulus (Genus)
> teliger (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Helonyx Stimpson, 1865
Details: Cadulus teliger Finlay, 1927
Size/Grows to:
Length 5mm, Diameter 0.7mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Campbell and Chatham Islands, from 0-939m
Type Data:
  • 175 metres, N of Auckland Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Tusk Shell, Marine, Native - Endemic
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References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.354)
  • Finlay, H. 1926 A Further Commentary on New Zealand Molluscan Systematics, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 57 (p.444) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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