Tusk Shells
Family: Gadilidae (Stoliczka, 1868)
Cadulus obnutus (Conrad 1869)
Family: Dentaliidae (Children, 1834)
Marine molluscs with a tapering, tubular, slightly curved tusk-like
shell that is open at both ends. The class scaphopoda is
represented by only two families, both have been reported from New
Jersey.
Cadulus
obnutus
These shells are small (3-4mm), slightly inflated in the middle, open at
both ends with a smooth surface.
Woodbury Formation -
Cretaceous
Camden County, NJ
Cadulus obnutus
Although examples of both families can be found in New Jersey I only
have
C. obnutus.
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