Milda garretti
Appearance
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Drawing of a shell of Milda garretti | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Family: | Pyramidellidae |
Genus: | Milda |
Species: | M. garretti
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Binomial name | |
Milda garretti (Tryon, 1886)
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Milda garretti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species occurs off Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Pyramidella (Milda) garretti". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 February 2012.