Menestho is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Menestho Möller, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138409 on 2011-11-07
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 Pyramidellidae sensu lato, they are most likely to be ectoparasites.
Species Species within the genus Menestho include: Menestho acuminata Preston, 1908 Menestho akkeshiensis Habe, 1958 Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780) (Type species) (as Turbo albulus) Menestho beermanae Jong & Coomans, 1988 Menestho cingulitissima Nomura, 1937 Menestho exaratissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) Menestho felix (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) Dall & Bartsch, Notes on Japanese, Indo-Pacific and American Pyramidellidae; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol XXX n° 1452; 1906 Menestho hypocurta (Dall & Bartsch, 1909) Menestho kesennumensis Nomura, 1938 Menestho kwantoensis Nomura, 1938 Menestho sexsulcata Nomura, 1936 Menestho shataii Nomura, 1936 Menestho suavis Nomura, 1936 Menestho truncatula (Odhner, 1915) Species brought into synonymy Menestho amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia amilda Dall & Bartsch, 1909 Menestho beauforti Jacot, A.P., 1921: synonym of Boonea impressa (Say, T., 1822) Menestho chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Odostomia chilensis Dall & Bartsch, 1909 Menestho cingulittissima [sic] : synonym of Menestho cingulitissima Nomura, 1937 Menestho diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848): synonym of Ondina diaphana (Jeffreys, 1848) Menestho divisa (J. Adams, 1797): synonym of Ondina divisa (Adams J., 1797) Menestho dollfusi Locard, 1886: synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826) Menestho exarata A. Adams, 1861: synonym of Menestho exaratissima (Dall & Bartsch, 1906) Menestho grijalvae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928): synonym of Odostomia grijalvae Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1928 Menestho humboldti (Risso, 1826): synonym of Euparthenia humboldti (Risso, 1826) Menestho morseana Bartsch, 1909: synonym of Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780) Menestho tenuicula F. Nordsieck, 1972: synonym of Odostomia erjaveciana Brusina, 1869
References
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). . XII, 195 pp
External links Menestho albula Menestho truncatula Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California; United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642