Biology:Sayella fusca

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Sayella fusca
Sayella fusca found in Wellfleet, MA, with multiple minute hydrobia shells surrounding it
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • 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)

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. Except for microscopic spiraling lines, it's surface is smooth, and they are a translucent amber brown color.[6]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Caribbean Sea : Cuba, Puerto Rico
  • Gulf of Mexico : Mexico
  • Northwest Atlantic Ocean : 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

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
  6. ↑ Leal, José H.. "Sayella fusca". https://shells.azaleadigitalllc.com/shell/sayella-fusca/. 
  • 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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