Gadilinidae is a
family
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of relatively large
tusk shells,
scaphopod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
order
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Dentaliida
Dentaliida is one of the two orders of scaphopod mollusks, commonly known as elephant's tusk shells. The order Dentaliida contains most of the larger scaphopods, and is distinguished from the other order (the Gadilidae) by the shape of its she ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gadilinidae Chistikov, 1975. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23043 on 2020-12-14]
Genera
* ''
Episiphon''
Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
* ''
Gadilina''
Foresti, 1895
* † ''
Lobantale''
Cossmann, 1888
References
* Chistikov S. D. 1975. Some problems of scaphopod taxonomy
n Russian
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History
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18–21, in Likharev I.M. (ed.) Molliuski: ikh sistema, evoliutsiia i rol´v prirode, avtoreferaty dokladov, sbornik piatyi
olluscs, their Systematic, Evolution and Significance in Nature Akademiia Nauka, Leningrad.
* 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
External links
Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 23(3): 433-460
Scaphopods
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