title: Sayella
text: # Sayella
  
  Sayella is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
  
  ## Shell description
  
  Typical for this genus is the presence of only one prominent fold on the columella.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This genus occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Eastern North America and also in the tropical West Atlantic.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Sayella include:
  
  * Sayella abjecta (Hedley, 1909)
  * Sayella chesapeakea Morrison, 1939
  * Sayella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1839)
  * Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
  * Sayella mercedordae Penãs & Rolán, 1997
  * Sayella watlingsi Morrison, 1939
  
  ### Species brought into synonymy
  
  * Sayella livida Rehder, 1935: synonym of Sayella hemphillii (Dall, 1884)
  * Sayella micalii Peñas & Rolán, 1997: synonym of Tiberia micalii (Peñas & Rolán, 1997)
  * Sayella producta (C. B. Adams, 1840): synonym of Syrnola producta (C. B. Adams, 1840)
  