Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Alternative spelling: Menestho
Parent taxon: Odostomia according to W.O. Addicott 1970
See also Oostingh 1935 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Odostomia (Amaura), Odostomia (Ividia), Odostomia (Megastomia), Odostomia (Odostomia), Odostomia (Oscilla), Odostomia (Ravnostomia), Odostomia acutidens, Odostomia alexanderi, Odostomia biangulata, Odostomia conoidea, Odostomia cotuhensis, Odostomia crassispirata, Odostomia crenulata, Odostomia cuisensis, Odostomia derivata, Odostomia diaboli, Odostomia granulatus, Odostomia griswoldensis, Odostomia guajirana, Odostomia insignifica, Odostomia lignitarum, Odostomia nigeriensis, Odostomia nuttalli, Odostomia obstinata, Odostomia oxia, Odostomia packi, Odostomia pakistanica, Odostomia pellucida, Odostomia plicata, Odostomia pupa, Odostomia reevei, Odostomia santana, Odostomia semicostata, Odostomia simillima, Odostomia simplex, Odostomia sperabilis, Odostomia tenuis, Odostomia turbinatus, Odostomia ventriosa, Odostomia winlockiana
Subtaxa: Menestho suttonensis Odostomia (Menestho) effiae Odostomia (Menestho) repenningi
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Pliocene of Belgium (2), Ecuador (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence