Sayella fusca

Sayella fusca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Sayella
Species:	S. fusca
Binomial name
	Sayella fusca; (C. B. Adams, 1839)
Synonyms
	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);

Last updated February 14, 2025

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]

Description

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

Caribbean Sea : Cuba, Puerto Rico
Gulf of Mexico : Mexico
Northwest Atlantic : Prince Edward Island, Canada; Gulf of Maine

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 2 3 4 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
↑ ITIS database
↑ 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.
↑ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
↑ 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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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 3 4 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.

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