Milda garretti explained

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.

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Notes and 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. https://archive.org/stream/manualconch08tryorich#page/n5/mode/2up G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 302; 1889