Gadila Gray, 1847

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, Zootaxa 1267, pp. 1-47 : 36

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.173183
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6258451
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scientific name	Gadila Gray, 1847
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Treatment

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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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Scaphopoda
Order	Gadilida
Family	Gadilidae

Specimens

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