Brazilian species of Gadila (Mollusca: Scaphopoda: Gadilidae): rediscovery of Gadila elongata comb. nov. and shell morphometrics

Gadila elongata comb. nov. was described in 1920 from the northern Gulf of Mexico. Until recently, it was only known from the type locality. Herein we present the first record of G. elongata from Brazil (Northeast coast, Ceará state, collected at 177 m) and a morphometrics analysis of the Brazilian...

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Main Authors: Carlos H. S. Caetano, Victor Scarabino, Ricardo S. Absalão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2010-04-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702010000200015