Sayella fusca

Sayella fusca, common name the brown sayella, is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5]

Sayella fusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Sayella
Species:
S. fusca
Binomial name
Sayella fusca
(C. B. Adams, 1839)
Synonyms[1]
  • Chemnitzia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Jaminia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Odostomia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Odostomia winkleyi Bartsch, P., 1909
  • Pyramidella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  • Pyramidella winkleyi Bartsch, 1909
  • Pyramis fusca C.B. Adams, 1839 (basionym)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Range: 47°N to 18°N; 93.13°W to 64°W. Distribution: Canada; Canada: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida; Florida: West Florida; Mexico; Mexico: Tabasco, Yucatán State, Quintana Roo
  • Habitat: intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160443 on 2012-01-12
  2. ITIS database
  3. Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  4. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  5. Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.


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