Menestho albula

Menestho albula
	Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
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

^ ^a ^b ^c 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
^ ITIS database
^ 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
^ 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.
^ Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
^ Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.
^ Manual of Conchology vol. VIII, G.W. Tryon, p. 344; 1889

External links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
CLEMAM
Encyclopedia of Life
ITIS
World Register of Marine Species
"Menestho albula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.

[WoRMS-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

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