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]}

Menestho albula
Drawing of a shell of Menestho albula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Family:	Pyramidellidae
Genus:	Menestho
Species:	M. albula
Binomial name
Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780)
Synonyms
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]

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

Notes

Additional information regarding this species:^[1]

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