Cadulus jacksonensis Harris and Palmer 1947 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Alternative combination: Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis

Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563

Belongs to Cadulus according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

See also Harris and Palmer 1947

Sister taxa: Cadulus (Cadulus), Cadulus acuminatus, Cadulus arcticus, Cadulus bellulus, Cadulus caronensis, Cadulus conradi, Cadulus eliezeri, Cadulus infans, Cadulus juvenis, Cadulus meganosensis, Cadulus nerta, Cadulus newtonensis, Cadulus nutans, Cadulus ovulum, Cadulus parianus, Cadulus thallus, Cadulus waynensis, Cadulus yatalensis

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (7: Louisiana, Mississippi)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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