Menestho
Introduction '''''Menestho''''' is a genus of very small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks.
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 exarata'' A. Adams, 1861* ''Menestho felix'' (Dall & Bartsch, 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