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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Sayella |
Species: | S. fusca |
Binomial name | |
Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- 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.
External links
- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species