Syrnola karachiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
| Syrnola karachiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Syrnola |
| Species: | S. karachiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Syrnola karachiensis Melvill, 1897
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Description edit
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 edit
This marine species occurs off Pakistan.
References edit
- ^ 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
- ^ Melvill (1897), Manchester Memoirs, Vol. xli. (1897), No. 13