Species Cadulus simillimus Watson, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cadulus simillimus Watson R.B. 1879. Mollusca of the 'Challenger' Expedition. Part II. The Solenoconchia, comprising the genera Dentalium, Siphodentalium and Cadulus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 14: 508-529 [526].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.2.9.80 (larger 2 specimens with same number), Raines [sic] Is., Cape York, QLD, 155 fathoms [284 m] [11°35´S 144°3´E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.2.9.81 1 specimen; BMNH 1887.2.9.80, 1887.2.9.81 2 specimens (one specimen possibly referrable to C. vincentianus), same data as lectotype.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [161].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, SE oceanic
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast, NE oceanic
  • Victoria: Bass Strait, SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, littoral, sand bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow infaunal, dredged in sand from 5 to 1646 m.

 

General References

Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [161]

Scarabino, V. 2008. Cadulus simillimus. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344299 (Accessed on 2015-08-05)

Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [644]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Jun-2016	SCAPHOPODA	05-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Ms Anouk Mututantri
		12-Feb-2010	(import)