Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gadila peruviana
Dentálio, Toothshell
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Scaphopoda
Order
Gadilida
Suborder
Gadilimorpha
Family
Gadilidae
Genus
Gadila
Species
peruviana
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cadulus (Gadila) peruvianus; Cadulus peruvianus (Horton et al., 2021), Siphonodentalium dentaliumc Dall, 1908 (holotype).
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- NMNH (2021) National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution Https://collections.nmnh.si.edu
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gadila peruviana", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20437. Accessed 5 November 2026.