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Gadila

Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae

Taxonomy
Gadila was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: K l R]. It is extant. Its type is Dentalium gadus.

It was reranked as Cadulus (Gadila) by Gardner (1947) and Jung (1965).

It was assigned to Cadulus by Gardner (1947) and Jung (1965); to Siphonodentaliidae by Wienrich (1999); to Gadilidae by Wells and Houston (2001); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gadilinae by Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Gadila Gray
1947Cadulus (Gadila) Gardner p. 629
1965Cadulus (Gadila) Jung p. 413
1999Gadila Wienrich p. 267
2001Gadila Wells and Houston p. 124
2002Gadila Sepkoski
2008Gadila Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderGadilidaStarobogatov 1982
suborderGadilimorphaSteiner 1992
familyGadilidaeStoliczka 1868
subfamilyGadilinaeStoliczka 1868
genusGadilaGray 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Gadila Gray 1847
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†Cadulus (Gadila) gadus Montagu 1803
Cadulus (Gadila) phenax Pilsbry and Sharp 1898
Gadila aberrans Whiteaves 1887
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Invalid names: Cadulus fusiformis Pilsbry and Sharp 1898 [synonym], Cadulus hepburni Dall 1897 [synonym]
†Gadila gracilina Sacco 1897
†Gadila mucronatus Tate 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-15 09:39:16
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:32:04
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Cadulus groenlandica (177724)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) G. laguncula (6266 6267)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Australia (Victoria) G. laguncula (85124)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Cadulus aldrichi (42927)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Mexico (Tamaulipas) Cadulus aldrichi (42944)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cadulus palmerae (205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Cadulus brazosensis, Cadulus curvus (205480) Cadulus brazosensis, Cadulus curvus, Cadulus moseleyensis, Cadulus palmerae (205422) Cadulus brazosensis, Cadulus moseleyensis (205410) Cadulus brazosensis, Cadulus spp. (205484) Cadulus erlenae, Cadulus zingulai (205485) Cadulus palmerae (7437 7438 7439) Cadulus palmerae, Cadulus stonecityensis (205430)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. benoisti (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Cadulus sp. (60734)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. dingdenensis (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. dingdenensis (62899 62903)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cadulus clarae (42482 42605 42642 42657 42663 42684) Cadulus volvulus (41760 42367)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Cadulus phenax (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany G. benoisti (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Slovakia G. gracilina (160736)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. dingdenensis (61895 61896 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62885 62886 62887 62888 62891 62898)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Cadulus mucronatus (72210) G. infans (179602)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) G. sp. (135818)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) G. spiniformis (111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cadulus phenax (58816 58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) G. sp. (145530 145531)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama G. sp. (145520 145524)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cadulus phenax (58875)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) G. sp. (135944)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Cadulus bruscasensis (41551) Cadulus playagrandensis (41550)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) G. sp. (41602)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cadulus fusiformis (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica G. sp., G. dentalinus (69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela G. playagrandensis (131210)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cadulus fusiformis (189541 189542)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cadulus fusiformis (203108 223327) Cadulus hepburni (138723) Cadulus nitentior (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cadulus fusiformis (59063 96566 160361 219029)