Menestho truncatula

Menestho truncatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
Superfamily: Pyramidelloidea
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Menestho
Species: M. truncatula
Binomial name
Menestho truncatula
Odhner, 1915

Menestho truncatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.[1][2]

Description

The shell size varies between 2.5 mm and 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2011). Menestho truncatula Odhner, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140970 on 2011-10-26
  2. 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
External identifiers for Menestho truncatula
Encyclopedia of Life 4811516
WoRMS 140970


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