''Syrnola fasciata'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.
[Gofas, S. (2010). ''Syrnola fasciata'' Jickeli, 1882. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141046 on 2012-01-12][Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419-453]
Description
The length of the shell measures 4.5 mm. It shows two brownish cords on a whitish background on the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the following locations:
* Indo-Pacific Region
* European waters (
ERMS scope)
*
Mediterranean Sea : off
Cyprus and
Israel.
*
Aegean Sea off Greece and Turkey (as an
introduced species)
* Mersin Bay
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
Gastropods.com: ''Syrnola fasciata'': retrieved: 21 February 2012
External links
To CLEMAMTo Encyclopedia of LifeTo World Register of Marine Species*
Pyramidellidae
Gastropods described in 1882
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