Cadulus acuminatus Tate 1887 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Full reference: R. Tate. 1887. The Scaphopods of the Older Tertiary of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 9:190-194

Belongs to Cadulus according to R. Tate 1887

Sister taxa: Cadulus (Cadulus), Cadulus (Platyschides), 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 waynensis, Cadulus yatalensis

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Dry Creek Sands - Dry Creek Bore, Adelaide (Miocene of Australia)

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