Menestho albula

Menestho albula
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)

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]

Contents

Description

The shell size varies between 4 mm and 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

  • Cobscook Bay
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Gulf of Maine
  • North West Atlantic

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:[1]

  • Distribution: Greenland to Cobscook Bay
  • Habitat: infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary

References

  1. ^ 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
  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.

External links

External identifiers for Menestho albula
EOL 597008
ITIS 567887
WoRMS 140969


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