Sayellinae

Taxobox
name = Sayellinae


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Heterobranchia
ordo = Heterostropha
superfamilia = Pyramidelloidea
familia = Pyramidellidae
subfamilia = Sayellinae
subfamilia_authority = Wise, 1996
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = See text.

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

This subfamily is one of eleven recognised in the family Pyramidellidae, according to the taxonomy of Ponder & Lindberg (1997). However, in the new taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), this subfamily has been downgraded to the rank of tribe Sayellini Wise, 1996 in the subfamily Pyramidellinae Gray, 1840 .

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

Genera

* "Sayella" Dall,, 1885 (Type genus)
* "Petitilla" Wise, 1997

References

* cite journal
author = Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P.
year = 2005
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title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
journal = Malacologia
volume =47
issue = 1-2
pages = 1–397
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* cite journal
author = Ponder, W.F. & Lindberg, D. R.
year = 1997
date=
title = Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters
journal = Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
volume =119
issue =
pages = 88–265
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doi =
* cite journal
author = Schander, C., van Aartsen, J. J., Corgan, J. C.
year = 1999
date=
title = Families and genera of the Pyramidelloidea (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
journal = Bollettino Malacologico
volume =34
issue = 9-12
pages = 145–166
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doi =
* cite journal
author = Wise, J. B.
year = 1996
date=
title = Morphology and Phylogenetic relationships of certain pyramidellid taxa (Heterobranchia)
journal = Malacologia
volume = 37
issue = 2
pages = 443–511
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doi =