Milda garretti

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

Milda garretti
Drawing of a shell of Milda garretti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Milda
Species:
M. garretti
Binomial name
Milda garretti
(Tryon, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Pyramidella garrettii Tryon, 1886
  • Pyramidella (Milda) garretti (Tryon, 1886)

Description

The shell has a yellowish color with chestnut colored nebulous longitudinal striations. The whorls of the teleoconch are flattened. The suture is channeled. The body whorl has a peripheral sulcus. The columella is three-plicate, the upper fold very strong, lower ones approximate and more oblique. The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.

References
  1. Rosenberg, G. (2011). Milda garretti Tryon, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707666 on 2012-10-12
  2. G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 302; 1889
  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Pyramidella (Milda) garretti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
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