Milda ventricosa
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsApril, June, and November
- How commonRare
About this species
Milda ventricosa, common name the ventricose pyram, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyram snails.
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Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 4 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 6 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 5 records
- August: 4 records
- September: 4 records
- October: 3 records
- November: 6 records
- December: 2 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- オオシイノミクチキレ
Other scientific names: Obeliscus scitulus, Pyramidella ventricosa
Similar species
- Cat's ear pyram
Otopleura auriscati
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 122 open-data records from 1844 to 2010.
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