| Pulsellidae | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Pulsellum filiforme (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Subphylum: | Conchifera |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Gadilida |
| Family: | Pulsellidae Boss, 1982 |
Pulsellidae is a family of molluscs belonging to the suborder Gadilimorpha in the order Gadilida. [1] [2]
Genera: [1]
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 in length 0.5–18 cm (0.20–7.09 in). Members of the order Dentaliida tend to be larger than those of the order Gadilida.
Gadilida is an order of very small tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs.
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 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.
Puncturella agger is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Enixotrophon columbarioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Enixotrophon fasciolarioides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Benthonellania precipitata is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
Simrothiella is a genus of solenogasters, shell-less, worm-like, marine mollusks.
Costentalina is a genus of medium-sized tusk shells, marine scaphopod molluscs in the family Entalinidae.
Antalis is a genus of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusks.
Polyschides is a genus of gadilid tusk shell (scaphopod).
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.
Pictodentalium is a genus of molluscs belonging to the family Dentaliidae.
Víctor Scarabino was a Uruguayan marine biologist and malacologist. He served as the director of the National Museum of Natural History of Uruguay from 2009 to 2011 and was an honorary researcher at the institution from the late 1960s until his death.
