| Gadilida | |
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| Cadulus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida Starobogatov, 1974 |
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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 within the order Gadilida:
The tusk shells or tooth shells, technically the Scaphopoda, are members of a class of shelled marine mollusc with worldwide distribution, and are the only class of exclusively infaunal marine molluscs. Shells of species within this class range from about 0.5 to 15 cm in length. Members of the order Dentaliida tend to be significantly larger than those of the order Gadilida.
A veliger is the planktonic larva of many kinds of sea snails and freshwater snails, as well as most bivalve molluscs (clams) and tusk shells.
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 by the shape of its shell, the shape of the foot, and the arrangement of some of their internal organs.
Carinodens is an extinct genus of Cretaceous marine lizard belonging to the mosasaur family. "Carinodens" means "keel teeth" and was named in 1969 as a replacement name for Compressidens, "compressed teeth", which was already in use for a gadilidan scaphopod mollusk.
Cadulus is a large genus of small tusk shells in the family Gadilidae. It contains over fifty-one described species.
Siphonodentalium colubridens is a tusk shell or scaphopod in the family Gadilidae of the order Dentaliida.
Dentalium suteri is a species of tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusk in the family Dentaliidae.
Dentalium is a large genus of tooth shells or tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Dentaliidae. The genus contains 50 described species and about 50 extinct species.
Adelomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Gadila is a genus of small tusk shells, which are marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Gadilidae.
Entalinidae is a family of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks in the order Gadilida.
Costentalina is a genus of medium-sized tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Entalinidae.
Costentalina elegans is a species of medium-sized tusk shell, a marine scaphopod mollusc in the family Entalinidae. It is found in Australia and the Indian Ocean. It is an abyssal species and lives at a depth of 5100 to 5800 m.
Antalis is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks.
Fustiaria is a genus of scaphopods in the order Dentaliida and is the only genus comprising the family Fustiariidae, with 24 species.
Siphonodentalium is a genus of small tusk shells in the family Gadilidae.
Compressidentalium is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks.
Gadilinidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida.
Laevidentaliidae is a family of relatively large tusk shells, scaphopod mollusks in the order Dentaliida.
Wemersoniellidae is a family of molluscs belonging to the order Gadilida.
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