Menestho albula
| Menestho albula | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Pyramidelloidea |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Menestho |
| Species: | M. albula |
| Binomial name | |
| Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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 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 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VIII p. 344; 1889
External links
| External identifiers for Menestho albula | |
|---|---|
| Encyclopedia of Life | 597008 |
| ITIS | 567887 |
| WoRMS | 140969 |
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
- To CLEMAM
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Menestho albula; retrieved : 7 November 2011
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