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Genus of molluscs For the Aramaic name Seila, see Silas.

Seila
A shell of Seila crocea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Seila
A. Adams, 1861
Type species
Triphoris dextroversus A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
Synonyms
  • Cerithiella (Seila) ·
  • Cerithiopsis (Seila) A. Adams, 1861
  • Cinctella Monterosato, 1884
  • Hebeseila Finlay, 1926
  • Lyroseila Finlay, 1928
  • Notoseila Finlay, 1926
  • Seila (Hebeseila) Finlay, 1926
  • Seila (Lyroseila) Finlay, 1928
  • Seila (Notoseila) Finlay, 1926

Seila is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Seila:

A shell of Seila marmorata

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also includes the following species with names in current use:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Seila attenuata Hedley, 1900: synonym of Seilarex turritelliformis (Angas, 1877)
  • Seila bulbosa Suter, 1908: synonym of † Seila (Hebeseila) bulbosa Suter, 1908
  • Seila capitata Thiele, 1925: synonym of Proseila capitata (Thiele, 1925)
  • Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908: synonym of Seila (Lyroseila) cinctum (Hutton, 1885)
  • Seila cochleata Suter, 1908: synonym of Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
  • Seila dissimilis Suter, 1908: synonym of Specula styliformis (Suter, 1908)
  • Seila huttoni Suter, 1915: synonym of Seila chathamensis Suter, 1908
  • Seila reunionensis Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Cerithiella reunionensis (Jay & Drivas, 2002)
  • Seila terebralis (C. B. Adams, 1840): synonym of Seila adamsii (H.C. Lea, 1845)

References

  1. Adams A. (1861). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)7: 131.
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137771 on 2021-07-04
  3. OBIS : Seila
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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Taxon identifiers
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