Menestho albula
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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Species: | M. albula |
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Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780) | |
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Eulimella (Menestho) albula Möller, 1842 |
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]
- Distribution: Greenland to Cobscook Bay
- Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary
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References
- 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
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (43 publications)
- To CLEMAM
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Menestho albula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
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