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Cerithiopsidae Cerithiopsidae is a family of very small sea snails in the informal group Ptenoglossa. Members of this family are known as cerithiopsids.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cerithiopsidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World R ...

.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

Species

According to the

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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Seila'': * '' Seila adamsii'' (H.C. Lea, 1845) * '' Seila africana'' Bartsch, 1915 * '' Seila albosutura'' (Tenison-Woods, 1876) * '' Seila alexanderensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018 * '' Seila alfredensis'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''

Seila angolensis ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * '' Seila assimilata'' (C.B. Adams, 1852) * † '' Seila attenuissima'' P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1920 * '' Seila bandorensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * ''

Seila baudisonensis ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018 * ''

Seila capricornia ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' (Laseron, 1956) * ''

Seila carinata ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' (E.A. Smith, 1871) * ''

Seila carquejai ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * ''

Seila chenui ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Jay & Drivas, 2002 * ''

Seila cincta ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' (Hutton, 1886) * ''

Seila cingulifera ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' (Thiele, 1930) * † ''

Seila clifdenensis ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' (Laws, 1941) * ''

Seila conica ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila crocea'' (Angas, 1871) * ''

Seila crovatoi ''Seila'' is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.ma ...

'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Seila deaurata'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * '' Seila decorata'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila dextroversa'' (Adams & Reeve, 1850 in 1848-50) * '' Seila dilecta'' Marshall, 1978 * '' Seila elegantissima'' Marshall, 1978 * '' Seila exquisita'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * † '' Seila gagei'' Maxwell, 1992 * '' Seila gloriosa'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021 * '' Seila hinduorum'' (Melvill, 1898) * '' Seila incerta'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013 * '' Seila inchoata'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * '' Seila insignis'' (May, 1911) * '' Seila iredalei'' (Laseron, 1956) * † '' Seila kaiparaensis'' (Laws, 1941) * '' Seila kuiperi'' Rolán & Pelorce, 2006 * '' Seila laqueata'' (Gould, 1861) * '' Seila lirata'' Sowerby III, 1897 * '' Seila mactanensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila maculosa'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Seila magna'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Seila maoria'' Marshall, 1978 * '' Seila marmorata'' (Tate, 1893) * '' Seila maxima'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Seila montereyensis'' Bartsch, 1907 * '' Seila morishimai'' (Habe, 1970) * '' Seila nigrofusca'' Laseron, 1951 * '' Seila parilis'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * † '' Seila petasa'' Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018 * '' Seila pulmoensis'' DuShane & Draper, 1975 * '' Seila regia'' Marshall, 1978 * '' Seila retusa'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Seila samoaensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019 * † '' Seila sancticlementi'' Marquet, 2001 * '' Seila sarinoae'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2019 * '' Seila sienii'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2017 * '' Seila silviae'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila slacksmithae'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2021 * '' Seila smithi'' Bartsch, 1915 * † '' Seila societatis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2014 * '' Seila stenopyrgisca'' Darragh, 2017 * '' Seila subalbida'' Dall, 1927 * '' Seila tenuis'' (Laseron, 1951) * '' Seila terebelloides'' (Hutton, 1873) * '' Seila tissieri'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2020 * '' Seila trilineata'' (Philippi, 1836) * '' Seila vanuatuensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2013 * '' Seila variabilis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila versluysi'' (Schepman, 1909) * '' Seila wadeiensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018 * '' Seila wareni'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 Seila marmorata 001

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan database also includes the following species with names in current use:OBIS : Seila
/ref> * '' Seila catenaria'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * '' Seila cingulata'' (A. Adams, 1861) * '' Seila crassicincta'' (Yokoyama, 1926) * '' Seila parva'' (Angas, 1877) ; 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

* Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). ''Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. hells and molluscs of 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.

External links

Adams, A. (1861). On some new species of Eulima, Leiostraca and Cerithiopsis from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 7: 125-131

* ttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109711 Monterosato, T. A. di. (1884). Nomenclatura generica e specifica di alcune conchiglie mediterranee. Virzi, printed for the Author, Palermo, 152 pp.
Marshall B. (1978). Cerithiopsidae of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5(1): 47-120
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