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

External identifiers for Milda garretti
WoRMS 707666
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