Syrnola karachiensis

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

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

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

External links

External identifiers for Syrnola karachiensis
WoRMS 588408
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