Sayella hemphillii

Sayella hemphillii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Sayella
Species:	S. hemphillii
Binomial name
	Sayella hemphillii; (Dall, 1884)
Synonyms
	Leuconia hemphillii Dall, 1884 (basionym); Melampus hemphillii (Dall, 1884); Sayella livida Rehder, 1935;

Sayella hemphillii is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 4 mm.

This species occurs in the following locations:^[1]

^ ^a ^b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420468 on 2012-01-12
^ Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
^ 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.

Dall, W. H. (1884). On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384): 318-342, pl. 10
Rehder, H. A. 1935. New Caribbean marine shells. Nautilus 48: 127-130

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