Gadila (mollusc)

Gadila is a genus of small tusk shells, which are marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Gadilidae.

Gadila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Scaphopoda
Order: Gadilida
Family: Gadilidae
Genus: Gadila
J.E.Gray, 1847
Type species
Gadila gadus
Montague
Species

see text.

Synonyms[1]

Cadulus

Description

Shell decidedly curved; more or less swollen near the middle or toward the aperture; more tapering toward the apex; apical orifice not contracted by a callous ring; or with such callous ring, weak and far within. Edges not slit.

— Pilsbry and Sharp, original genus description

Species

Species within the genus Gadila include:[2]

  • Gadila brasiliensis
  • Gadila dominguensis
  • Gadila elongatus Henderson, 1920
  • Gadila fusiformis Pilsbry and Sharp, 1898, the fusiform toothshell
  • Gadila gadus Montague, 1803
  • Gadila hepburni Dall, 1897, the Hepburn toothshell
  • Gadila mayori Henderson, 1920, the Mayor toothshell
  • Gadila olivii Scacchi, 1835
  • Gadila pandionis
  • Gadila simpsoni
  • Gadila subfusiformes M. Sars, 1850

See also
  • List of extant animal genera represented in the fossil record

References
  1. Henderson, John B. (1920). "A monograph of the East American scaphopod mollusks". Bulletin of the United States National Museum (111): 1–177. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.111.1. hdl:2027/uiug.30112106907865. ISSN 0362-9236.
  2. Caetano, Carlos H. S.; Scarabino, Victor; Absalão, Ricardo S. (2010). "Brazilian species of Gadila (Mollusca: Scaphopoda: Gadilidae): rediscovery of Gadila elongata comb. nov. and shell morphometrics". Zoologia (Curitiba). 27 (2): 305–308. doi:10.1590/s1984-46702010000200015. ISSN 1984-4689.


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