Cadulus Philippi, 1844

Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares, Scarabino, Victor & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006, Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Brazilian continental shelf and upper slope (13 º to 21 ºS) with descriptions of two new species of the genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844, Zootaxa 1267, pp. 1-47 : 33-34

Cadulus Philippi, 1844

Type species

Cadulus ovulum Philippi, 1844 (by monotypy).

Diagnosis

Shell small to medium, swollen, solid, smooth, white, translucent when fresh, shiny when dead. Maximum diameter in center of shell. Apex simple or coronate, preapical callus usually prominent, lumen circular. Apical, oral sections variable, usually oval dorsoventrally or laterally compressed.