Milda cincta

Milda cincta
	Drawing of a shell of Milda cincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:	Pyramidelloidea
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Milda
Species:	M. cincta
Binomial name
	Milda cincta; (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms
	Pyramidella cincta Reeve, 1842; Pyramidella (Milda) cincta Reeve, 1842; Pyramidella ventricosa Guérin-Méneville, 1831;

Milda cincta, common name the banded pyram, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.^[1]

Description

The shell is smooth, white, with a broad central chestnut zone, appearing on the spire whorls. Its length varies between 15 mm and 33 mm. The columella is triplicatewith a narrow perforation.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, the Philippines and Australia.

References

^ Rosenberg, G. (2011). Milda cincta Reeve, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707665 on 11 October 2012
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 299; 1889

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
"Pyramidella (Milda) cincta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.

[WoRMS-1] Rosenberg, G. (2011). Milda cincta Reeve, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707665 on 11 October 2012

[2] G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 299; 1889

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