Menestho

Menestho is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.[1]

Menestho
Apertural view of the shell of Menestho felix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Lower Heterobranchia
Superfamily:
Pyramidelloidea
Family:
Pyramidellidae
Subfamily:
Odostomiinae
Genus:
Menestho

Möller, 1842
Type species
Menestho albula Fabricius, O., 1780
Species

See text

Synonyms

Odostomia (Menestho) Möller, 1842

Shell description

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."

Life habits

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

Species within the genus Menestho include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Menestho amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909
  • Menestho beauforti Jacot, A.P., 1921: synonym of Boonea impressa (Say, T., 1822)
  • Menestho chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909
  • Menestho cingulittissima [sic] : synonym of Menestho cingulitissima Nomura, 1937
  • Menestho diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848): synonym of Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848)
  • Menestho divisa (J. Adams, 1797): synonym of Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797)
  • Menestho dollfusi Locard, 1886: synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826)
  • Menestho exarata A. Adams, 1861: synonym of Menestho exaratissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
  • Menestho grijalvae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928): synonym of Odostomia grijalvae Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928
  • Menestho humboldti (Risso, 1826): synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826)
  • Menestho morseana Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Menestho tenuicula F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Odostomia erjaveciana Brusina, 1869
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References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Menestho Möller, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138409 on 2011-11-07
  2. Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906
  • Möller, H.P.C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Hafniae. pp. 24 pp.
  • 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
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp


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