Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Parent taxon: Cadulus according to W. K. Emerson 1957
See also Harris and Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Cadulus (Platyschides), Cadulus acuminatus, Cadulus bellulus, Cadulus californicus, 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
Subtaxa: Cadulus (Cadulus) mcfarlandae Cadulus (Cadulus) meganosensis
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), United States (5: California, Louisiana, Texas)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences