Gadila is a genus of small tusk shells, which are marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Gadilidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida |
| Family: | Gadilidae |
| Genus: | Gadila J.E.Gray, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Gadila gadus Montague
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cadulus | |
Description edit
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 edit
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
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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