Sayella fusca

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sayella fusca - gwt2102 - 314626924.jpeg | image_caption = Sayella fusca found in Wellfleet, MA, with multiple minute hydrobia shells surrounding it | genus = Sayella | species = fusca | authority = (C. B. Adams, 1839) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''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'' <small>(C. B. Adams, 1839)</small> * ''Pyramidella winkleyi'' Bartsch, 1909 * ''Pyramis fusca'' C.B. Adams, 1839 (basionym) }}

'''''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.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2011). ''Sayella fusca'' (C. B. Adams, 1839). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160443 on 2012-01-12</ref><ref>ITIS database</ref><ref>Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.</ref><ref>Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.</ref><ref>Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</ref>

==Description== {{Expand section|date=February 2012|small=no}}

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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leal |first1=José H. |title=Sayella fusca |url=https://shells.azaleadigitalllc.com/shell/sayella-fusca/ |website=Southwest Florida shells |access-date=23 March 2025}}</ref> ==Distribution== This species occurs in the following locations:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * 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:<ref name="WoRMS" /> * '''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 thumb ==References== {{Reflist}} * Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum 2005 ''Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2005 Annual Checklist''. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.

==External links== * [http://www.eol.org/pages/492491 Encyclopedia of Life] * [http://collections.mnh.si.edu/search/iz/?qn=Sayella+fusca USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection] * [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=70948 ITIS] * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160443 World Register of Marine Species]

Category:Pyramidellidae Category:Gastropods described in 1839 Category:Taxa named by Charles Baker Adams