''Thala milium'' is a

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of small sea snail, marine gastropod

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in the

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Costellariidae Costellariidae sometimes called the "ribbed miters" is a taxonomic family of minute to medium-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks. This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as ''Vexillum'' miters. The main family o ...

, the ribbed miters.Rosenberg, G. (2014). Thala milium (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=826505 on 2014-11-25

Description

Distribution

References

* Rosenberg G. & Salisbury R. (2007). ''New species of Thala (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with comments on other Indo-Pacific species''. Vita Malacologica, supplement to Basteria, 5: 53–62 Costellariidae Gastropods described in 1845 {{Costellariidae-stub