Published December 31, 2006 | Version v1
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Gadila Gray 1847

Description

Gadila Gray, 1847

Type species

Dentalium gadus Montagu, 1803 (original designation).

Diagnosis

Shell small to medium, curved, smooth, white, translucent when fresh, shiny when dead. Maximum diameter in anterior third of shell; ventral side regularly curved, dorsal side sigmoidal in section. Apex simple or with flat lobes, variable in number. Oral, apical sections variable.

Other

Published as part of Caetano, Carlos Henrique Soares, Scarabino, Victor & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2006, Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Brazilian continental shelf and upper slope (13 º to 21 ºS) with descriptions of two new species of the genus Cadulus Philippi, 1844, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 1267 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173183

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Gadilidae
Genus
Gadila
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Gadilida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Gadila Gray, 1847 sec. Caetano, Scarabino & Absalão, 2006