Guess I am am getting confused about all the threads, all the patterns, all the questions.
When it comes to these original millies you are posting here, I have no doubt they are indeed Venetian. I have seen this type of flower pattern before on Venetian beads.

It does get more and more difficult to tell the apart, especially from pictures. Some things to take into consideration is also that I have not yet seen many single Chinese copies of this new generation of copies find their way to mixed African strands. The well made Chinese millies are actually not that cheap. I would not be suprised if in Nigeria, the original Venetian ones are cheaper than the new Chinese ones.

It is when you see whole strands of millies in great condition, and with patterns such as found on the Lu beads site, that I would get really suspicious.

Finally, one of my Venetian beads, which does not look like yours, but it a 7-petal design murrine with no center. They do exist ;-)