Sayella chesapeakea

Sayella chesapeakea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Sayella
Species: S. chesapeakea
Binomial name
Sayella chesapeakea
Morrison, 1939 [1]

Sayella chesapeakea is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2][3][4][5]

Description

The length of the shell measures 3.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the following locations:[2]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[2]

References

  1. Morrison, J. P. E. 1939. Two new species of Sayella with notes on the genus. Nautilus 53: 43-45
  2. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, G. (2011). Sayella chesapeakea Morrison, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160444 on 2012-01-12
  3. ITIS database
  4. Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
  5. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.


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