Milda garretti

Milda garretti
Drawing of a shell of Milda garretti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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 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.