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Menestho albula (O. Fabricius, 1780)
140969 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140969)
accepted
Species
Menestho morseana (Bartsch, 1909) · unaccepted (synonym)
Odostomia (Menestho) morseana Bartsch, 1909 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Odostomia (Menestho) sulcata A. E. Verrill, 1880 · unaccepted (synonym)
Odostomia fabricii Jeffreys, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 394 [details]
page(s): 394 [details]
Distribution Greenland to Cobscook Bay
Distribution Greenland to Cobscook Bay [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Menestho albula (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140969 on 2025-06-16
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original description
(of Odostomia (Menestho) sulcata A. E. Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of recent addition to the marine Invertebrata of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others. Part II - Mollusca, with notes on Annelida, Echinodermata, etc, collected by the United States Fish Commission. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 3: 356-409., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14917456 [details]
original description (of Odostomia fabricii Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944 [details]
original description (of Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 394 [details]
original description (of Odostomia (Menestho) morseana Bartsch, 1909) Bartsch, P. (1909). Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 34(4): 67-113, pls 11-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55625650 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Nekhaev, I. O. (2017). A new species of Menestho Møller, 1842 from the Arctic with remarks on Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780)(Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Pyramidellidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4347(1): 196., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.13 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Odostomia fabricii Jeffreys, 1877) Jeffreys, J. G. (1877). New and peculiar Mollusca of the Eulimidae and other families of Gastropoda, as well as of the Pteropoda, procured in the Valorous expedition. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4)19: 317-339., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26456944 [details]
original description (of Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. <em>Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe.</em> xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13442285
page(s): 394 [details]
original description (of Odostomia (Menestho) morseana Bartsch, 1909) Bartsch, P. (1909). Pyramidellidae of New England and the adjacent region. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 34(4): 67-113, pls 11-14., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55625650 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Nekhaev, I. O. (2017). A new species of Menestho Møller, 1842 from the Arctic with remarks on Menestho albula (Fabricius, 1780)(Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Pyramidellidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4347(1): 196., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4347.1.13 [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Greenland to Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To Malacopics (Menestho albula (O.Fabricius,178) Greenland)
To PESI (from synonym Menestho morseana (Bartsch, 1909))
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia (Menestho) sulcata A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia fabricii Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Menestho albula (O.Fabricius,178) Greenland)
To PESI (from synonym Menestho morseana (Bartsch, 1909))
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia (Menestho) sulcata A. E. Verrill, 1880)
To PESI (from synonym Odostomia fabricii Jeffreys, 1877)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo albulus O. Fabricius, 1780)
To PESI
To ITIS
