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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Pyramidellinae

Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)


Range: 47°N to 18.5°N; 93.13°W to 64°W
Depth: 0 to 25 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Pyramis fusca C. B. Adams, 1839
Chemnitzia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Pyramidella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Odostomia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Pyramidula fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Jaminia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839) 
Pyramidella winkleyi Bartsch, 1909

Details


Pyramis fusca C. B. Adams, 1839, p. 282-284, pl. 4, fig. 9
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: New Bedford and Dartmouth Harbor, Massachusetts; Tiverton, Rhode Island
Range: 47°N to 18.5°N; 93.13°W to 64°W
Depth: 0 to 25 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Canada: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Tabasco, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Puerto Rico
References: Gould (1841) Ll; Parker (1959); Warmke & Abbott (1961) S; Bousfield (1964) NE; Wass (1972); Porter (1974) D; García-Cubas et al. (1990) W
Comments: Princz's (1982a) record from Venezuela needs confirmation. Odé (1994b) does not confirm the earlier record from Texas of Odé & Speers (1972g).
Combining Genera:  Chemnitzia Jaminia Odostomia Pyramidella Pyramidula

Pyramidella (Syrnola?) winkleyi Bartsch, 1909, p. 74, pl. 11, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Branford River, Connecticut
Range: 41.2°N ; 72.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Connecticut
References: Bartsch (1909) NSEWM; Odé (1994a: 9) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1839. Observations on some species of the marine shells of Massachusetts, with descriptions of five new species Boston Journal of Natural History 2 262-288, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Feb 1839.]
Bartsch, P. 1909. Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 34 67-113, pls. 11-14. [Stated date: -- Feb 1909; true date: pre 8 Feb.]

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