Sayella mercedordae

Sayella mercedordae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Sayella
Species: S. mercedordae
Binomial name
Sayella mercedordae
Penãs & Rolán, 1997[1]

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 2.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[2]

References

  1. Peñas A. & Rolán E. (1997). La familia Pyramidellidae Gray, 1840 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) en Africa occidental. 1. El género Sayella Dall, 1885. Iberus 15(1): 35-40.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-01-12.
  2. 1 2 WoRMS (2010). Sayella mercedordae Penãs & Rolán, 1997. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224469 on 2012-01-12
  3. Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

External links

External identifiers for Sayella mercedordae
Encyclopedia of Life 4812228
WoRMS 224469


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