Seila

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Seila
Seila crocea 001.jpg
A shell of Seila crocea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Seila
A. Adams, 1861 [1]
Type species
Triphoris dextroversusA. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms [2]
  • Cerithiella (Seila) ·
  • Cerithiopsis (Seila)A. Adams, 1861
  • CinctellaMonterosato, 1884
  • HebeseilaFinlay, 1926
  • LyroseilaFinlay, 1928
  • NotoseilaFinlay, 1926
  • Seila (Hebeseila)Finlay, 1926
  • Seila (Lyroseila)Finlay, 1928
  • Seila (Notoseila)Finlay, 1926

Seila is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae. [2]

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Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Seila: [2]

A shell of Seila marmorata Seila marmorata 001.jpg
A shell of Seila marmorata

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also includes the following species with names in current use: [3]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. Adams A. (1861). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)7: 131.
  2. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137771 on 2021-07-04
  3. OBIS : Seila