Genus Gadila Gray, 1847

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• Gadila Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 [159].

  Type species:

   Dentalium gadus Montagu, 1803 by original designation.
• Gadus Deshayes, G.P. 'Rang' 1864. Descr. Anim. s. Vert. Bassin de Paris. Vol. 2. Scaphopoda. pp. 195–220 (text 1864) pls 1–3 (atlas, 1886). [217] [junior homonym of Gadus Linnaeus, 1758 and Gadus Rang, 1829].

  Type species:

   Dentalium bifissum Wood, 1848 by monotypy.
• Helonyx Stimpson, W. 1865. On certain genera and families of zoophagous gasteropods. American Journal of Conchology 1(1): 55-64 pls 8, 9 [63].

  Type species:

   Dentalium clavatum Gould, 1859 by original designation.
• Loxoporus Jeffreys, J.G. 1883. On the Mollusca procured during the 'Lightning' and 'Porcupine' Expeditions, 1868–70, Part 5. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1882: 656-687 pls 49, 50 [664] [validating Loxoporus Jefferies, 1869, nom. nud.].

  Type species:

   Cadulus olivi Sacchi, 1835 by monotypy.
• Gadilopsis Woodring, W.P. 1925. Miocene molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica, Part 1, Pelecypods and scaphopods. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication No. 366: 1-222 pls 1-22 [206].

  Type species:

   Ditrupa dentalina Guppy, 1873 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Emerson, W.K. 1962. A classification of the scaphopod mollusks. Journal of Paleontology 36: 461-482 [478]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast, SE oceanic
  • Northern Territory: N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast, NE oceanic
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight, S Gulfs coast, S oceanic
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait, SE oceanic, Tas. coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait, SE oceanic
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, Great Australian Bight, Lower W coast, N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic, S oceanic, SW coast, W oceanic

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)