Menestho albula

Menestho albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Menestho albula
Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Genus:
Menestho
Species:
M. albula
Binomial name
Menestho albula
(Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms

Eulimella (Menestho) albula Möller, 1842

Description

The species' shell size varies between 4 mm and 9 mm. The white shell has a corpulent shape. The whorls of the teleoconch are slightly convex, with numerous spiral lines.[7]

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Cobscook Bay
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Gulf of Maine
  • North West Atlantic (from Labrador to Greenland)

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Greenland to Cobscook Bay
  • Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References
  1. Gofas, S. (2011). Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140969 on 2011-10-26
  2. ITIS database
  3. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
  4. Brunel, P., L. Bosse, and G. Lamarche. 1998. Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
  5. Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
  6. Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
  7. Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 344; 1889
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
  • To CLEMAM
  • To Encyclopedia of Life
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Menestho albula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
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