Syrnola attenuata

Syrnola attenuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Syrnola attenuata
Drawing of a shell of Syrnola attenuata
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S. attenuata
Binomial name
Syrnola attenuata
(Dall, 1892) [1]
Synonyms

Pyramidella (Syrnola) attenuata A. Adams

Description

The whitish shell is slender and shining. The length of the shell measures 11.5 mm. It is finely spirally striated. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is profound.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is found off the Philippines.

References

  1. Dall, W. H. (1892). 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. Part II. Streptodont and other gastropods, concluded. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia 3: [i-vii], 201-473, 1 fold-out map, pls. 13-22
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 306; 1889
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