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
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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]

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