Cadulus yatalensis Ludbrook 1956 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Full reference: N.H. Ludbrook. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III - Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae-Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79:1-36

Belongs to Cadulus according to N.H. Ludbrook 1956

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

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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