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Sayella
Description | Sayella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pyramidellidae : Sayella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Sayella Dall, 1885 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Sayella abjecta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sayella chesapeakea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sayella fusca species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Sayella hemphillii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sayella mercedordae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sayella unifasciata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Sayella watlingsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Sagella Paetel, 1889 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pyramidellidae : Sagella |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1885 | Sayella Dall |
2001 | Sayella Todd |
2008 | Sayella Hendy et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!