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

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

Shell description[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Species within the genus Menestho include:

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  Menestho acuminata Preston, 1908
  


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  Menestho akkeshiensis Habe, 1958
  


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  Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780) (Type species) (as Turbo albulus)


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  Menestho beermanae Jong & Coomans, 1988
  


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  Menestho cingulitissima Nomura, 1937
  


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  Menestho exarata A. Adams, 1861
  


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  Menestho felix (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) ^[2]


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  Menestho hypocurta (Dall & Bartsch, 1909)
  


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  Menestho kesennumensis Nomura, 1938
  


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  Menestho kwantoensis Nomura, 1938
  


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  Menestho sexsulcata Nomura, 1936
  


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  Menestho shataii Nomura, 1936
  


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  Menestho suavis Nomura, 1936
  


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  Menestho truncatula (Odhner, 1915)
  

Species brought into synonymy

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  Menestho amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909
  


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  Menestho beauforti Jacot, A.P., 1921: synonym of Boonea impressa (Say, T., 1822)
  


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  Menestho chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909
  


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  Menestho cingulittissima [sic] : synonym of Menestho cingulitissima Nomura, 1937
  


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  Menestho diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848): synonym of Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848)
  


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  Menestho divisa (J. Adams, 1797): synonym of Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797)
  


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  Menestho dollfusi Locard, 1886: synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826)
  


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  Menestho exarata A. Adams, 1861: synonym of Menestho exaratissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906)
  


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  Menestho grijalvae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928): synonym of Odostomia grijalvae Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928
  


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  Menestho humboldti (Risso, 1826): synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826)
  


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  Menestho morseana Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780)
  


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  Menestho tenuicula F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Odostomia erjaveciana Brusina, 1869
  

References[edit]

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  Möller, H.P.C. (1842). Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Hafniae. pp. 24 pp..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
  


• 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

External links[edit]

• Menestho albula


• Menestho truncatula


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  Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.