Sayella
Genus of sea snails
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Sayella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyramidellinae |
| Tribe: | Sayellini |
| Genus: | Sayella Dall, 1885[1] |
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:[2]
- 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)