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species

Cadulus hepburni W. H. Dall, 1897

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Scaphopoda - tusk shells »  order Gadilida »  family Gadilidae

Size

Length of shell, 11; diameter at anterior end, 1.25 ; at posterior end, 0.75 mm. (Dall)

Description

Shell small, polished, smooth, white, nearly straight; apertures circular, their margins simple.
Source: Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.

Distribution

Victoria, British Columbia, to Monterey, California.

Interesting facts

TYPE in Ottawa. Type locality, mar Victoria, Vancouver Island, in 60 fathoms.
Author: Jan Delsing

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