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Syrnola karachiensis

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Species of gastropod

Syrnola karachiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Syrnola
Species: S. karachiensis
Binomial name
Syrnola karachiensis
Melvill, 1897

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

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.

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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Taxon identifiers
Syrnola karachiensis
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