Cadulus caronensis Mansfield 1925 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1925. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods from Trinidad, British West Indies. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 66(22):9116-9125

Belongs to Cadulus according to W. C. Mansfield 1925

Sister taxa: Cadulus (Cadulus), Cadulus (Platyschides), Cadulus acuminatus, Cadulus bellulus, Cadulus conradi, Cadulus eliezeri, Cadulus infans, Cadulus jacksonensis, Cadulus juvenis, Cadulus nerta, Cadulus newtonensis, Cadulus nitentior, Cadulus nutans, Cadulus ovulum, Cadulus parianus, Cadulus thallus, Cadulus waynensis, Cadulus yatalensis

Type specimen: USNM 352692, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Trinidad and Tobago (2 collections)

• Oligocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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