Milda garretti

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Milda garretti
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Drawing of a shell of Milda garretti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Milda
Species:
M. garretti
Binomial name
Milda garretti
(Tryon, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Pyramidella garrettiiTryon, 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]

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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.

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