Gadilida
Appearance
Gadilida | |
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Cadulus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Scaphopoda |
Order: | Gadilida Starobogatov, 1974 |
Families | |
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Gadilida is an order of very small tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs.
The species within the Gadilida are usually very much smaller than those within the other order of scaphopods, the Dentaliida.
Families
[edit]Families within the order Gadilida:
- Entalinidae Chistikov, 1979
- Gadilidae Stoliczka, 1868
- Pulsellidae Scarabino in Boss, 1982
- Wemersoniellidae Scarabino, 1986
- Unassigned:
- Boissevainia V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
- Compressidens Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
- Megaentalina Habe, 1963
References
[edit]- Scarabino V., (1995) Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new species P. Bouchet (ed) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 14 Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 189-379.