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| Apertural view of the shell of Menestho felix | |
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| Genus: | Menestho Möller, 1842 |
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| Menestho albula Fabricius, O., 1780 | |
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Odostomia (Menestho)Möller, 1842 | |
Menestho is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks. [1]
The original description by Möller (1842) is brief and in Latin: "Animal pede elongato, angusto; ore simplici, membrana linguali destituto; tentaculis brevioribus, crassiusculis, oculos perparvos ad basin internum ferentibus. Operculo pauco-spirato. Testa conico-turrita."
Little is known about the biology of the members of this genus. As is true of most members of the Pyramidellidae sensu lato , they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species within the genus Menestho include:
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