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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

Scaphopoda. — Cadulus aratus, sp. nov. — (Fig. 60.)

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Scaphopoda.
Cadulus aratus, sp. nov.
(Fig. 60.)

Shell short and stout, slightly swollen and gentlytapering to either end, on one side almost straight, on the other arcuate, glossy and almost transparent. In one case the translucent ground is mottled with opaque whibe spots. Pour longitudinal equally spaced furrows impress the surface. Anal end bilabiate, the lips usually widely parted, that on the straighter side projecting beyond its fellow. In one case the lips are of equal length almost touching distally and divided by a narrow slit. Aperture very oblique with a small thickened rim. Length 3·4; breadth ·64 mm. Another specimen, length 2; breadth ·48 mm.

Fig. 60.

Fig. 60.

Dredged 36 fathoms north of Pava Islet; 36 fathoms N. 30° W. of Pava Islet; 50-60 fathoms off Tutaga Islet and 150 fathoms off Beacon Islet (Funamanu).

The Fijian C. dichelus, Watson, a near relative, is twice as large, more bent and unfurrowed.