Tibersyrnola unifasciata

Tibersyrnola unifasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1][2][3]

Tibersyrnola unifasciata
Drawing of a shell of Tibersyrnola unifasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Tibersyrnola
Species:	T. unifasciata
Binomial name
Tibersyrnola unifasciata (Forbes, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Eulima unifasciata Forbes, 1844 (original combination) Eulimella unifasciata van Aartsen, 1994 Odostomia crassa Jeffreys, 1884 (invalid: junior homonym of Odostomia crassa Thompson, 1845; Syrnola wenzi is a replacement name) Odostomia unifasciata (Forbes, 1844) Pyramidella unifasciata (Forbes, 1844) Syrnola cincta Fenaux, 1942 (dubious synonym) Syrnola unifasciata (Forbes, 1844) Syrnola wenzi F. Nordsieck, 1972 Turbonilla unifasciata (Forbes, 1844)

THe synonym Syrnola wenzi was named after Wilhelm August Wenz (1886-1945), a German malacologist.

Description

The shell is smooth and polished. It is white, with a median, narrow, light chestnut band. The teleoconch contains 11 flattened whorls. The length of the shell varies between 3 mm and 6.5 mm.^[4]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in rather deep water (200m - 700m) in the following locations:^[1]

• European waters (ERMS scope)
• Mediterranean Sea : Sicily, Greece
• Greek Exclusive Economic Zone
• Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone (the Azores)
• Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone
• United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone
• Canary Islands
• Atlantic Ocean off Mauritania

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

• Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls