Sayella fusca

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]}

Sayella fusca
Sayella fusca found in Wellfleet, MA, with multiple minute hydrobia shells surrounding it
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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)

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