Gadilida is an
order
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
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of very small
tusk shell
Scaphopoda (plural scaphopods , from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φης ''skáphē'' "boat" and πούς ''poús'' "foot"), whose members are also known as tusk shells or tooth shells, are a class (biology), class of shelled Marine life, marine inve ...
s,
marine scaphopod
Scaphopoda (plural scaphopods , from Ancient Greek σκᾰ́φης ''skáphē'' "boat" and πούς ''poús'' "foot"), whose members are also known as tusk shells or tooth shells, are a class (biology), class of shelled Marine life, marine inve ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s.
The species within the Gadilida are usually very much smaller than those within the other order of scaphopods, the
Dentaliida.
Families
Families within the order Gadilida:
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Entalinidae
Entalinidae is a family of tusk shells, marine scaphopod mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recogniz ...
Chistikov, 1979
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Gadilidae Stoliczka, 1868
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Pulsellidae Scarabino in Boss, 1982
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Wemersoniellidae Scarabino, 1986
* Unassigned:
** ''
Boissevainia''
V. Scarabino & F. Scarabino, 2010
** ''
Compressidens''
Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897
** ''
Megaentalina''
Habe, 1963
References
* Scarabino V., (1995
Scaphopoda of the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, with description of 3 new genera and 42 new speciesP. Bouchet (ed) ''Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM'', Volume 14 Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 167 189-379.
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Scaphopods
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