Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Alternative combination: Cadulus (Polyschides) jacksonensis
Full reference: G. D. Harris and K. E. H. Palmer. 1947. The Mollusca of the Mississippi Embayment (Sabine River to the Alabama River). Pt. II. Univalves and index. Bulletins of American Paleontology 30(117):207-563
Belongs to Cadulus according to M. A. Kosnik 2002
See also Harris and Palmer 1947
Sister taxa: Cadulus (Cadulus), Cadulus (Platyschides), Cadulus acuminatus, Cadulus bellulus, Cadulus californicus, Cadulus caronensis, Cadulus conradi, Cadulus eliezeri, Cadulus infans, 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:
• Eocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (7: Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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