Siphonodentalium adelaidense 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 Siphonodentalium according to N.H. Ludbrook 1956

Sister taxa: Siphonodentalium arcticus, Siphonodentalium quadrifissatum

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Siphonodentalium adelaidense in the database

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