On sediments, from circalittoral down to bathyal depths.
Original taxon: Siphonodentalium subfusiforme.
Synonym: Gadila fusiformis Pilsbry & Sharp.
The shell is less inflated than that of jeffreysi.
1000m deep, in sediments, off Capo Teulada, SW. of Cagliari, S. Sardinia. 1,5mm.