Syrnola karachiensis

Syrnola karachiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]

Syrnola karachiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Syrnola
Species:
S. karachiensis
Binomial name
Syrnola karachiensis
Melvill, 1897

Description

The ochraceous-brown, subpellucid shell is very sharply pointed. It is an attenuate species with eleven smooth straight whorls in the teleoconch. A slight canaliculation exists at the sutures. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip simple, and somewhat reflexed at the base. The columella is one-plaited.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Pakistan.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Syrnola karachiensis Melvill, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588408 on 2012-01-12
  2. Melvill (1897), Manchester Memoirs, Vol. xli. (1897), No. 13
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