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Sayellini

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Tribe

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Subfamily
  
Pyramidellinae

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Sayellini is a taxonomic tribe of minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs, or micromollusks, in the very large family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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Taxonomy

The subfamily Sayellinae is one of eleven recognised in the family Pyramidellidae, according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg (1997).

According to Schander, Van Aartsen & Corgen (1999) there are only two genera in this sub-family.

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily has been downgraded to the rank of tribe Sayellini in the subfamily Pyramidellinae.

Genera

  • Sayella Dall, 1885 - type genus of the tribe Sayellini
  • Petitella Wise, 1996
  • References

    Sayellini Wikipedia