Menestho
Encyclopedia
Menestho is a genus
of very small sea snail
s, pyramidellid
gastropod mollusks, or micromollusk
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sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of very small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, pyramidellid
Pyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
gastropod mollusks, or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
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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 PyramidellidaePyramidellidae
Pyramidellidae, common name the pyram family, or pyramid shells, is a voluminous taxonomic family of mostly small and minute ectoparasitic sea snails, marine heterobranch gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs....
sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species
Species within the genus Menestho include:- Menestho albulaMenestho albulaMenestho albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Distribution:This species occurs in the following locations:* Cobscook Bay* European waters * Gulf of Maine...
(Fabricius, 1780) (Type species) (as Turbo albulus) - Menestho beermanaeMenestho beermanaeMenestho beermanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:* *...
Jong & Coomans, 1988 - Menestho diaphanaMenestho diaphanaMenestho diaphana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Distribution:This species occurs in the following locations:* British Isles* Irish Exclusive economic Zone...
(Jeffreys) - Menestho exarataMenestho exarataMenestho exarata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. -Description:The soiled white shell is elongate-conic. It measures 4.8 mm...
A. Adams, 1861 - Menestho felixMenestho felixMenestho felix is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. -Description:The broadly elongate-conic shell is turrited and subdiaphanous.It measures 2.6 mm...
(Dall & Bartsch, 1906) - Menestho hypocurtaMenestho hypocurtaMenestho hypocurta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-External links:*...
(Dall & Bartsch, 1909) - Menestho truncatulaMenestho truncatulaMenestho truncatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.-Description:The shell size varies between 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm.-Distribution:...
(Odhner, 1915)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Menestho divisa (J. Adams, 1797): synonym of Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797)
- Menestho tenuicula F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Odostomia erjavecianaOdostomia erjavecianaOdostomia erjaveciana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. -Description:...
Brusina, 1869