Milda (gastropod)

Milda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[2]

Milda
Two view of a shell of Milda cincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Milda

Dall & Bartsch, 1904 [1]
Type species
Pyramidella ventricosa Guérin, 1831

Species

Species within the genus Milda include:[2]

Description

The umbilicated shell is elongate conic. It increases regularly in size with three folds on the columella.[3] The basal fasciole is present. The surface is less polished than in Pyramidella. It is marked by lines of growth and microscopic spiral striations.[4]

References
  1. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 1904; Dall & Bartsch, Synopsis of the genera, subgenera and sections of the familyPyramidellidae
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Milda Dall & Bartsch, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=707662 on 2012-10-12
  3. Bulletin - United States National Museum no. 68, 1909; p. 18 & 18
  4. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 17, 1904


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