Menestho albula | |
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Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula | |
Scientific 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]
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]
This species occurs in the following locations: [1]
Additional information regarding this species: [1]
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