Menestho albula
Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Menestho
Species:
M. albula
Binomial name
Menestho albula
(Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms

Eulimella (Menestho) albula Möller, 1842

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]

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. 1 2 3 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
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  • 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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