Seila

For the Aramaic name Seila, see Silas.

Seila is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.^[2]

Seila
A shell of Seila crocea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Suborder:	Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Triphoroidea
Family:	Cerithiopsidae
Genus:	Seila A. Adams, 1861[1]
Type species
Triphoris dextroversus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms[2]
Cerithiella (Seila) · Cerithiopsis (Seila) A. Adams, 1861 Cinctella Monterosato, 1884 Hebeseila Finlay, 1926 Lyroseila Finlay, 1928 Notoseila Finlay, 1926 Seila (Hebeseila) Finlay, 1926 Seila (Lyroseila) Finlay, 1928 Seila (Notoseila) Finlay, 1926

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Seila:^[2]

• Seila adamsii (H.C. Lea, 1845)
• Seila africana Bartsch, 1915
• Seila albosutura (Tenison-Woods, 1876)
• Seila alexanderensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
• Seila alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
• Seila angolensis Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
• Seila assimilata (C.B. Adams, 1852)
• † Seila attenuissima P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1920
• Seila bandorensis (Melvill, 1893)
• Seila baudisonensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
• Seila capricornia (Laseron, 1956)
• Seila carinata (E.A. Smith, 1871)
• Seila carquejai Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
• Seila chenui Jay & Drivas, 2002
• Seila cincta (Hutton, 1886)
• Seila cingulifera (Thiele, 1930)
• † Seila clifdenensis (Laws, 1941)
• Seila conica Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila crocea (Angas, 1871)
• Seila crovatoi Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
• Seila deaurata Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
• Seila decorata Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila dextroversa (Adams & Reeve, 1850 in 1848-50)
• Seila dilecta Marshall, 1978
• Seila elegantissima Marshall, 1978
• Seila exquisita Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila felicis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2023
• † Seila gagei Maxwell, 1992
• Seila gloriosa Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
• Seila hinduorum (Melvill, 1898)
• Seila incerta Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
• Seila inchoata Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
• Seila insignis (May, 1911)
• Seila iredalei (Laseron, 1956)
• † Seila kaiparaensis (Laws, 1941)
• Seila kuiperi Rolán & Pelorce, 2006
• Seila laqueata (Gould, 1861)
• Seila lirata G.B. Sowerby III, 1897
• Seila mactanensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila maculosa Laseron, 1951
• Seila magna Laseron, 1951
• Seila maoria Marshall, 1978
• Seila marmorata (Tate, 1893)
• Seila maxima Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
• Seila montereyensis Bartsch, 1907
• Seila morishimai (Habe, 1970)
• Seila nigrofusca Laseron, 1951
• Seila parilis Rolán & Fernandes, 1990
• † Seila petasa Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
• Seila pulmoensis DuShane & Draper, 1975
• Seila regia Marshall, 1978
• Seila retusa Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
• Seila samoaensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
• † Seila sancticlementi Marquet, 2001
• Seila sarinoae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019
• Seila sienii Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017
• Seila silviae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila slacksmithae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021
• Seila smithi Bartsch, 1915
• † Seila societatis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014
• Seila stenopyrgisca Darragh, 2017
• Seila subalbida Dall, 1927
• Seila tenuis (Laseron, 1951)
• Seila terebelloides (Hutton, 1873)
• Seila tissieri Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020
• Seila trilineata (Philippi, 1836)
• Seila vanuatuensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013
• Seila variabilis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012
• Seila versluysi (Schepman, 1909)
• Seila wadeiensis Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018
• Seila wareni Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012

A shell of Seila marmorata

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also includes the following species with names in current use:^[3]

• Seila catenaria (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Seila cingulata (A. Adams, 1861)
• Seila crassicincta (Yokoyama, 1926)
• Seila parva (Angas, 1877)

Species brought into synonymy

• Seila attenuata Hedley, 1900: synonym of Seilarex turritelliformis (Angas, 1877)
• Seila bulbosa Suter, 1908: synonym of † Seila (Hebeseila) bulbosa Suter, 1908
• Seila capitata Thiele, 1925: synonym of Proseila capitata (Thiele, 1925)
• Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908: synonym of Seila (Lyroseila) cinctum (Hutton, 1885)
• Seila cochleata Suter, 1908: synonym of Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
• Seila dissimilis Suter, 1908: synonym of Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908)
• Seila huttoni Suter, 1915: synonym of Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
• Seila reunionensis Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Cerithiella reunionensis (Jay & Drivas, 2002)
• Seila terebralis (C. B. Adams, 1840): synonym of Seila adamsii (H.C. Lea, 1845)