Gadila (mollusc)
Genus of molluscs
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Gadila is a genus of small tusk shells, which are marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Gadilidae.
| Gadila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida |
| Family: | Gadilidae |
| Genus: | Gadila J.E.Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Gadila gadus Montague | |
| Species | |
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see text. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
