• Source: Sayella

Sayella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.




Shell description


Typical for this genus is the presence of only one prominent fold on the columella.




Distribution


This genus occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern North America and also in the tropical West Atlantic.




Species


Species within the genus Sayella include:

Sayella abjecta (Hedley, 1909)
Sayella chesapeakea Morrison, 1939
Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
Sayella mercedordae Penãs & Rolán, 1997
Sayella watlingsi Morrison, 1939
Species brought into synonymy

Sayella livida Rehder, 1935: synonym of Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
Sayella micalii Peñas & Rolán, 1997: synonym of Tiberia micalii (Peñas & Rolán, 1997)
Sayella producta (C. B. Adams, 1840): synonym of Syrnola producta (C. B. Adams, 1840)




References



Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda




External links


ITIS
World Register of Marine Species

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Thomas Say
• Sayella
• Sayella mercedordae
• Sayella chesapeakea
• Sayella watlingsi
• Sayella fusca
• Sayella hemphillii
• Pyramidella dolabrata
• Redhead (bird)
• Thomas Say
• Syrnola producta