Syrnola aurantiaca

Syrnola aurantiaca
Drawing of a shell of Syrnola aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Syrnola
Species: S. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Syrnola aurantiaca
Angas, 1867
Synonyms

Pyramidella (Styloptygma) aurantiaca Angas, 1867

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

Description

The rather thin, shining shell has a fulvous orange color, with a pale band at the suture. It is darker on the lower whorls, fading into white towards the apex. Its length measures 6 mm. The teleoconch contains eight whorls that are finely transversely striated. The fold of the lip is very small and rudimentary. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales, Australia. The type specimen was found off Port Jackson.

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