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Family: Gadilidae



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186 species (see list below)
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Bathycadulus fabrizioi
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Cadulus aequatorialis
[Scaphopods]
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Cadulus amphora
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Cadulus ampullaceus
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Cadulus aratus
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Cadulus artatus
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Cadulus atlanticus
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Cadulus attenuatus
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Cadulus californicus
[California toothshell]
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Cadulus campylus
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Cadulus catharus
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Cadulus chuni
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Cadulus colliverae
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Cadulus congruens
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Cadulus cucurbitus
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Cadulus curtus
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Cadulus cyathoides
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Cadulus cylindratus
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Cadulus delicatulus
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Max. Length 0.2 cm TL
 
Cadulus eliezeri
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Cadulus euloides
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Cadulus exiguus
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Cadulus florenciae
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Cadulus gibbus
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Cadulus glans
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Cadulus gracilis
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Cadulus jeffreysi
[Jeffrey's cadulus]
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Cadulus labeyriei
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Cadulus lunulus
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Cadulus macleani
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Cadulus magnus
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Cadulus minusculus
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Cadulus monterosatoi
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Max. Length 0.3 cm TL
 
Cadulus nerta
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Cadulus obesus
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Cadulus occidus
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Max. Length 0.7 cm SHL
 
Cadulus parvus
[Little toothshell]
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Cadulus platei
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Cadulus platensis
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Cadulus podagrinus
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Cadulus proculum
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Cadulus propinquus
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Cadulus rossoi
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Cadulus rudmani
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Cadulus scarabinoi
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Cadulus siberutensis
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Cadulus simillimus
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Cadulus sofiae
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Cadulus subfusiformis
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Cadulus teliger
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Cadulus tersus
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Cadulus thielei
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Cadulus transitorius
[Inflated toothshell]
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Cadulus tumidosus
[]
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Cadulus valdiviae
[]

Photo by Grist, John and Maria

Pacific Ocean

Cadulus vincentianus Cotton & Godfrey, 1940

Photo by Photo by Grist, John and Maria
 
Cadulus vincentianus
[]
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Cadulus woodhousae
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Dischides atlantideus
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Dischides belcheri
[]
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Dischides dartevellei
[]
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Dischides dichelum
[]
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Dischides hintoni
[]
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Dischides leloeuffi
[]
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Dischides minutus
[]
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Dischides ovalis
[]
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Dischides politus
[]
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Dischides prionotus
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Dischides splendens
[]
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Dischides viperidens
[]
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Dischides yateensis
[]
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Gadila aberrans
[Aberrant toothshell]
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Gadila abruptoinflata
[]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm SHL
 
Gadila acus
[]
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Gadila aequalis
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Max. Length 1.1 cm DL
 
Gadila agassizii
[Agassiz's cadulus]
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Max. Length 0.5 cm DL
 
Gadila amianta
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Gadila anguidens
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Gadila angustior
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Gadila arctus
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Gadila atlantica
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Gadila austinclarki
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Gadila boissevainae
[]
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Gadila bordaensis
[]
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Gadila boucheti
[]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm SHL
 
Gadila braziliensis
[]
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Gadila brycei
[]
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Gadila bushii
[]
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Gadila carlessi
[]
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Gadila clavata
[]
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Gadila cobbi
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Gadila cylindrata
[]
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Gadila desaintlaurentae
[]
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Gadila divae
[]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Gadila dominguensis
[]
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Gadila doumenci
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Gadila elenae
[]
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Gadila elephas
[]
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Gadila fraseri
[]
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Gadila gadus
[]
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Gadila greenlawi
[]
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Gadila honoluluensis
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Gadila iota
[]
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Gadila ludbrookae
[]
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Gadila marchadi
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Gadila mayori
[Mayor toothshell]
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Gadila minutalis
[]
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Gadila monodonta
[]
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Gadila nicklesi
[]
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Gadila olivii
[]
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Gadila opportuna
[]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm TL
 
Gadila pandionis
[Kingly toothshell]
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Gadila perpusilla
[]
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Gadila peruviana
[]
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Gadila platystoma
[]
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Max. Length 1.1 cm TL
 
Gadila pocula
[]
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Gadila providensis
[]
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Gadila pseudolivae
[]
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Gadila rastridens
[]
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Gadila regularis
[]
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Gadila sagamiensis
[]
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Gadila sauridens
[]
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Gadila senegalensis
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm TL
 
Gadila simpsoni
[]
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Gadila singaporensis
[]
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Gadila spreta
[]
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Gadila strangulata
[]
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Gadila striata
[]
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Gadila subcolubridens
[]
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Gadila subfusiformes
[]
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Gadila subtilis
[]
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Gadila subula
[]
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Gadila tolmiei
[]
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Gadila verrilli
[]
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Gadila virginalis
[]
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Gadila vulpidens
[]
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Gadila watsoni
[]
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Gadila whitneyae
[]
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Gadila zonata
[]
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Polyschides andersoni
[]
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Polyschides arnaudi
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Polyschides bushiae
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Polyschides carolinensis
[Carolina toothshell]
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Polyschides cuspidatus
[]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Polyschides elongatus
[Elongate toothshell]
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Polyschides fausta
[]
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Polyschides foweyensis
[]
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Polyschides gibbosus
[]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Polyschides grandis
[Grand toothshell]
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Polyschides kaiyomaruae
[]
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Polyschides miamiensis
[Miami toothshell]
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Polyschides nedallisoni
[]
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Polyschides nitidus
[]
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Polyschides olivi
[]
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Polyschides pelamidae
[]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm SHL
 
Polyschides portoricensis
[]
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Polyschides quadrifissatus
[Fourslit toothshell]
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Polyschides rushii
[]
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Polyschides sakuraii
[]
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Polyschides spectabilis
[]
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Polyschides sutherlandi
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm NG
 
Polyschides tetraschistus
[Fourtooth toothshell]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Polyschides tetrodon
[Tetrodon toothshell]
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Polyschides vietnamicus
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm SHL
 
Polyschides xavante
[]
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Sagamicadulus elegantissimus
[]
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Siphonodentalium australasiae
[]
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Siphonodentalium booceras
[]
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Siphonodentalium colubridens
[]

Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.

Southeast Pacific, Southe

Siphonodentalium dalli (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1898)

Photo by Photo by Arntz, Wolf E.
 
Siphonodentalium dalli
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Siphonodentalium hexaschistum
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Siphonodentalium isaotakii
[]
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Siphonodentalium jaeckeli
[]
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Siphonodentalium japonicum
[]
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Siphonodentalium laubieri
[]
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Siphonodentalium lobatum
[]
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Siphonodentalium longilobatum
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Siphonodentalium magnum
[]
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Siphonodentalium okudai
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Siphonodentalium promontorii
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Siphonodentalium summa
[]
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Siphonodentalium tytthum
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Siphonodentalium verrilli
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Striocadulus albicomatus
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Striocadulus ludbrooki
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Striocadulus pulcherrimus
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Striocadulus sagei
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bathycadulus fabrizioi Indo-Pacific 1995
Cadulus aequatorialis Scaphopods Indo-Pacific 1932
Cadulus amphora Eastern Atlantic. 1883
Cadulus ampullaceus Western Atlantic 1879
Cadulus aratus Indo-Pacific 1899
Cadulus artatus Eastern Atlantic 1897
Cadulus atlanticus Western Atlantic 1920
Cadulus attenuatus Mediterranean. 1875
Cadulus californicus California toothshell Eastern Pacific and Weste 1898
Cadulus campylus Indian Ocean 1906
Cadulus catharus Western Central Atlantic 1920
Cadulus chuni Indo-Pacific 1932
Cadulus colliverae Western Central Pacific 1998
Cadulus congruens Western Central Atlantic. 1879
Cadulus cucurbitus Western Atlantic 1881
Cadulus curtus Western Atlantic 1879
Cadulus cyathoides Indo-Pacific 1932
Cadulus cylindratus Eastern Atlantic 1877
Cadulus delicatulus Southwest Pacific 1913
Cadulus eliezeri Southwest Atlantic 0.2 TL 2006
Cadulus euloides Indian Ocean 1901
Cadulus exiguus Western Central Pacific. 1879
Cadulus florenciae Western Indian Ocean 1995
Cadulus gibbus Eastern Atlantic 1883
Cadulus glans Indo-Pacific 1995
Cadulus gracilis Eastern Atlantic 1877
Cadulus jeffreysi Jeffrey's cadulus Eastern Atlantic; Mediter 1875
Cadulus labeyriei Indo-Pacific 1995
Cadulus lunulus Western Atlantic 1881
Cadulus macleani Eastern Pacific 1978
Cadulus magnus Northwest Pacific 1906
Cadulus minusculus Western Atlantic 1889
Cadulus monterosatoi Eastern Atlantic 1897
Cadulus nerta Southwest Atlantic 0.3 TL 2006
Cadulus obesus Western Atlantic 1879
Cadulus occidus Indo-Pacific 1911
Cadulus parvus Little toothshell Western Atlantic 0.7 SHL 1920
Cadulus platei Southeast Atlantic. 1932
Cadulus platensis Western Atlantic 0.6 DL 1920
Cadulus podagrinus Western Central Atlantic 1920
Cadulus proculum Western Central Atlantic 1889
Cadulus propinquus Eastern Atlantic 1878
Cadulus rossoi Eastern Atlantic 1979
Cadulus rudmani Western Central Pacific 1998
Cadulus scarabinoi Indo-Pacific 2004
Cadulus siberutensis Eastern Indian Ocean 1932
Cadulus simillimus Indo-Pacific 1879
Cadulus sofiae Indo-Pacific 1995
Cadulus subfusiformis Eastern Atlantic and the 1865
Cadulus teliger Southwest Pacific 1926
Cadulus tersus Western Atlantic 1920
Cadulus thielei Eastern Antarctica. 1908
Cadulus transitorius Inflated toothshell Western Atlantic 1920
Cadulus tumidosus Western Atlantic 1877
Cadulus valdiviae Indian Ocean 1932
Cadulus vincentianus Pacific Ocean 1940
Cadulus woodhousae Indo-Pacific 1998
Dischides atlantideus Eastern Atlantic 1955
Dischides belcheri Northern Pacific 1898
Dischides dartevellei Eastern Central Atlantic. 1979
Dischides dichelum Indo-Pacific 1879
Dischides hintoni Western Central Pacific 1998
Dischides leloeuffi Eastern Atlantic 1979
Dischides minutus Indian Ocean 1872
Dischides ovalis Indo-Pacific 1906
Dischides politus Northeast Atlantic 1842
Dischides prionotus Indo-Pacific 1879
Dischides splendens Southeast Pacific 2002
Dischides viperidens Western Central Pacific 1896
Dischides yateensis Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila aberrans Aberrant toothshell Eastern Pacific 1887
Gadila abruptoinflata Indo-Pacific 1906
Gadila acus Western Atlantic 1.0 SHL 1889
Gadila aequalis Western Atlantic; Caribbe 1881
Gadila agassizii Agassiz's cadulus Western Atlantic 1.1 DL 1881
Gadila amianta Western Atlantic 0.5 DL 1889
Gadila anguidens Indo-Pacific. 1898
Gadila angustior Eastern Indian Ocean; Sou 1911
Gadila arctus Western Atlantic 1920
Gadila atlantica Western Atlantic. 1920
Gadila austinclarki Eastern Pacific 1951
Gadila boissevainae Indian Ocean 1932
Gadila bordaensis Indian Ocean 1940
Gadila boucheti Eastern Central Atlantic; 1979
Gadila braziliensis Western Atlantic 0.9 SHL 1920
Gadila brycei Indian Ocean 1998
Gadila bushii Western Atlantic 1889
Gadila carlessi Western Central Pacific 1998
Gadila clavata Indo-Pacific 1859
Gadila cobbi Indo-Pacific 1998
Gadila cylindrata Western Atlantic. 1877
Gadila desaintlaurentae Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila divae Western Indian Ocean. 1877
Gadila dominguensis Western Atlantic 1.1 TL 1853
Gadila doumenci Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila elenae Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila elephas Western Atlantic 1920
Gadila fraseri Eastern Atlantic 1955
Gadila gadus Eastern and Western Atlan 1803
Gadila greenlawi Western Atlantic 1920
Gadila honoluluensis Eastern Central Pacific 1879
Gadila iota Western Atlantic; Caribbe 0.2 DL 1920
Gadila ludbrookae Eastern Indian Ocean 1940
Gadila marchadi Eastern Atlantic 1979
Gadila mayori Mayor toothshell Western Atlantic 0.4 DL 1920
Gadila minutalis Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila monodonta Indo-Pacific 1995
Gadila nicklesi Eastern Atlantic 1964
Gadila olivii Eastern Atlantic 1835
Gadila opportuna Indo-Pacific 1961
Gadila pandionis Kingly toothshell Western Atlantic 1.3 TL 1880
Gadila perpusilla Eastern Pacific 1832
Gadila peruviana Eastern Pacific 1908
Gadila platystoma Southeast Pacific 1898
Gadila pocula Western Atlantic 1.1 TL 1889
Gadila providensis Western Atlantic; Caribbe 1920
Gadila pseudolivae Banda Sea. 1906
Gadila rastridens Western Atlantic; Caribbe 1879
Gadila regularis Western Atlantic; Caribbe 1920
Gadila sagamiensis Indo-Pacific 1971
Gadila sauridens Western Atlantic 1879
Gadila senegalensis Eastern Central Atlantic 1897
Gadila simpsoni Western Atlantic 0.6 TL 1920
Gadila singaporensis Western Central Pacific 1898
Gadila spreta Indo-Pacific 1900
Gadila strangulata Eastern Atlantic; Mediter 1897
Gadila striata Eastern Pacific 1898
Gadila subcolubridens Indo-Pacific 1954
Gadila subfusiformes Northeast Atlantic 1850
Gadila subtilis Western Indian Ocean 1908
Gadila subula Western Central Atlantic 1920
Gadila tolmiei Eastern Pacific 1897
Gadila verrilli Western Atlantic. 1920
Gadila virginalis Indo-Pacific 1906
Gadila vulpidens Western Atlantic 1879
Gadila watsoni Western Atlantic 1881
Gadila whitneyae Indo-Pacific 1998
Gadila zonata Indo-Pacific 1906
Polyschides andersoni Indo-Pacific 1998
Polyschides arnaudi Indian Ocean 1995
Polyschides bushiae Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1889
Polyschides carolinensis Carolina toothshell Western Atlantic 1 DL 1885
Polyschides cuspidatus Eastern Atlantic 1979
Polyschides elongatus Elongate toothshell Western Atlantic 1.4 DL 1920
Polyschides fausta Indo-Pacific 1971
Polyschides foweyensis Western Atlantic 1920
Polyschides gibbosus Indo-Pacific 1911
Polyschides grandis Grand toothshell Western Atlantic. 1.5 DL 1884
Polyschides kaiyomaruae North Pacific Ocean. 1975
Polyschides miamiensis Miami toothshell Western Atlantic 1920
Polyschides nedallisoni Western Central Atlantic 1978
Polyschides nitidus Western Central Atlantic 1920
Polyschides olivi Eastern Atlantic and the 1835
Polyschides pelamidae Indo-Pacific 1979
Polyschides portoricensis Western Atlantic; Caribbe 0.9 SHL 1920
Polyschides quadrifissatus Fourslit toothshell Eastern Pacific 1898
Polyschides rushii Western Atlantic 1898
Polyschides sakuraii Indo-Pacific 1961
Polyschides spectabilis Western and Eastern Atlan 1885
Polyschides sutherlandi Indo-Pacific 1998
Polyschides tetraschistus Fourtooth toothshell Western Atlantic Ocean. 1 NG 1879
Polyschides tetrodon Tetrodon toothshell Western Atlantic 0.7 DL 1898
Polyschides vietnamicus Indo-Pacific 1979
Polyschides xavante Western Atlantic 0.6 SHL 2005
Sagamicadulus elegantissimus Indo-Pacific 1963
Siphonodentalium australasiae Western Central Pacific. 1906
Siphonodentalium booceras Indian Ocean 1926
Siphonodentalium colubridens Indo-Pacific 1879
Siphonodentalium dalli Southeast Pacific, Southe 1898
Siphonodentalium hexaschistum Indo-Pacific 1906
Siphonodentalium isaotakii Indo-Pacific 1953
Siphonodentalium jaeckeli Indian Ocean 1995
Siphonodentalium japonicum Indo-Pacific 1960
Siphonodentalium laubieri Eastern Atlantic 1979
Siphonodentalium lobatum Eastern Atlantic and the 1860
Siphonodentalium longilobatum Western Central Pacific 1906
Siphonodentalium magnum Indo-Pacific 1906
Siphonodentalium okudai Northwest Pacific 1953
Siphonodentalium promontorii Southeast Atlantic; Weste 1963
Siphonodentalium summa Indo-Pacific 1964
Siphonodentalium tytthum Western Central Atlantic 1879
Siphonodentalium verrilli Western Central Atlantic 1920
Striocadulus albicomatus Eastern Pacific 1890
Striocadulus ludbrooki Indian Ocean 1995
Striocadulus pulcherrimus Indo-Pacific 1906
Striocadulus sagei Indo-Pacific 1995



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