Menestho albula

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Menestho albula
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Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula
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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]

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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]

Notes

Additional information regarding this species: [1]

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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