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Cadulus teliger

Cadulus teliger is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is 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.

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Cadulus teliger
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Gadilida
Family: Gadilidae
Genus: Cadulus
Species:
C. teliger
Binomial name
Cadulus teliger
Finlay, 1927

Cadulus teliger is a species of small tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Gadilidae. This species is 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.1

References

References

  1. Powell, A W B (1979). New Zealand Mollusca. Auckland, New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd. pp. 500p. ISBN 0-00-216906-1.