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Menestho albula

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Pyramidellidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Pyramidelloidea

Genus
  
Menestho

Menestho albula

Similar
  
Menestho, Margarites, Gibbula, Littorina

Menestho albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:

  • Cobscook Bay
  • European waters (ERMS scope)
  • Gulf of Maine
  • North West Atlantic (from Labrador to Greenland)
  • References

    Menestho albula Wikipedia