Milda garretti

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);

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

Description

The shell has a yellowish color with chestnut colored nebulous longitudinal strigations. 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

^ 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
^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 302; 1889

External links

[WoRMS-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

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