Sedilia (gastropod) explained

Sedilia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Sedilia include:

• † Sedilia aphanitoma Dall 1892
• Sedilia compacta Faber, 2011
• † Sedilia sedilia (Dall, 1890)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Sedilia melanacme (E. A. Smith, 1882): synonym of Buchema melanacme (E. A. Smith, 1882)

References

• Dall, William Healey. Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida: with Especial Reference to the Miocene Silex-Beds of Tampa and the Pliocene Beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Vol. 3. Wagner Free Institute of Science, 1890.
• Dall, W. H. "Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, Part 3: Wagner Free Inst. Sci." Trans 3 (1892): 349-350.
• W. G. Fargo. 1953. Part 2. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:365-409

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Sedilia. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532007 on 2016-11-05