''Seila'' is a

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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 Re ...

.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'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * '' Seila assimilata'' (C.B. Adams, 1852) * † '' Seila attenuissima'' P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1920 * '' Seila bandorensis'' (Melvill, 1893) * '' Seila baudisonensis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2018 * '' Seila capricornia'' (Laseron, 1956) * '' Seila carinata'' (E.A. Smith, 1871) * '' Seila carquejai'' Rolán & Fernandes, 1990 * '' Seila chenui'' Jay & Drivas, 2002 * '' Seila cincta'' (Hutton, 1886) * '' Seila cingulifera'' (Thiele, 1930) * † '' Seila clifdenensis'' (Laws, 1941) * '' Seila conica'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012 * '' Seila crocea'' (Angas, 1871) * '' Seila crovatoi'' 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 felicis'' Cecalupo & Perugia, 2023 * † '' 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'' G.B. 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 ''Seila'' is a genera, genus of minute sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family (biology), family Cerithiopsidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Seila A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Re ...

'' 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''. 'Shells 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. * Finlay, H. J. (1928)

''Transactions of the New Zealand Institute''. 59: 232–286. page 243. * 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. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3140681 Cerithiopsidae