Cadulus waynensis Mansfield 1940 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226

Belongs to Cadulus according to W. C. Mansfield 1940

Sister taxa: Cadulus (Cadulus), Cadulus (Platyschides), Cadulus acuminatus, Cadulus bellulus, Cadulus caronensis, 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 yatalensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Taylors Mill Creek (Richards), which is in a Rupelian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Chickasawhay Formation of Mississippi

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Taylors Mill Creek (Richards)

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