†Cadulus (Polyschides) quitus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (tusk shell)
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Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Cadulus (Polyschides) according to H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson 1941
Sister taxon: Cadulus (Polyschides) margarita
Type specimen: Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Zone J - Canoa Formation
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