Family Gadilinidae Christikov 1975 (tusk shell)

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae

Parent taxon: Dentaliida according to P. D. Reynolds and G. Steiner 2008

See also Wells and Houston 2001

Sister taxa: Anulidentaliidae, Baltodentaliidae, Calliodentaliidae, Dentaliidae, Fustiariidae, Laevidentaliidae, Omniglyptidae, Prodentaliidae, Progadilina, Rhabdidae, Suevidontus

Subtaxa: Episiphoninae Gadilininae Lobantalinae

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Italy (2 collections), Jamaica (2), Panama (2)

• Miocene of Germany (2), Panama (4), Slovakia (1), United States (6: Florida)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (4: Texas)

• Jurassic of Poland (1)

Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences

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