Gadila (mollusc)

Gadila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

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

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.