Sayella fusca
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| Sayella fusca | |
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| File:Sayella fusca - gwt2102 - 314626924.jpeg | |
| Sayella fusca found in Wellfleet, MA, with multiple minute hydrobia shells surrounding it | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Sayella |
| Species: | S. fusca
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| Binomial name | |
| Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit | edit source]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]
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d 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.
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- 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
[edit | edit source]- Encyclopedia of Life
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species
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