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Gadilina

Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae

Taxonomy
Gadilina was named by Foresti (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dentaliidae by Wienrich (1999); to Scaphopoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Gadilininae by Reynolds and Steiner (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Gadilina Foresti
1999Gadilina Wienrich p. 264
2002Gadilina Sepkoski
2008Gadilina Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classScaphopodaBronn 1862
orderDentaliidaDa Costa 1776
familyGadilinidaeChristikov 1975
subfamilyGadilininaeChristikov 1975
genusGadilinaForesti 1895

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. Gadilina Foresti 1895
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Gadilina taurogracilis Sacco 1897
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Invalid names: Gadilina triquetra Sacco 1897 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-11 12:33:07
Modified: 2009-10-11 14:33:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 37.71000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) G. masoni (45041)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Slovakia G. taurogracilis (160736)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) G. sp. (61900 62891)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Livorno) G. triquetra (173989)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) G. emersoni, G. jani (178117)