Aesopus (gastropod)
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Aesopus is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Columbellidae
, the dove snails.
Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Columbellidae
Columbellidae
Columbellidae, common name the "dove snails" or "dove shells" are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Distribution:...
, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus Aesopus include:- Aesopus algoensis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
- Aesopus aliciae Marincovich, 1973
- Aesopus arestus Dall, 1919
- Aesopus australis (Angas, 1877)
- Aesopus cassandra (Hedley, 1904)
- Aesopus chrysalloideus (Carpenter, 1866)
- Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
- Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)
- Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
- Aesopus fredbakeri Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
- Aesopus fuscostrigatus (Carpenter, 1864)
- Aesopus geraldsmithiAesopus geraldsmithiAesopus geraldsmithi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Lussi M., 2001 - Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912
- Aesopus gracilisAesopus gracilisAesopus gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
Faber, 2004 - Aesopus hilium Hedley, 1908
- Aesopus jaffaensis (Verco, 1910)
- Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
- Aesopus meta (Thiele, 1925)
- Aesopus multistriatus (Preston, 1905)
- Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916
- Aesopus obesusAesopus obesusAesopus obesus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Description:The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.-Distribution:...
(Hinds, 1844) - Aesopus osborni Hertlein & Strong, 1951
- Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)
- Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
- Aesopus rotundus Drivas & Jay, 1990
- Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919
- Aesopus stearnsiiAesopus stearnsiiAesopus stearnsii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails....
(Tryon, 1883) - Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1866)
- Aesopus urania Melvill & Standen, 1901
- Aesopus veneris (Thiele, 1925)
- Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Species brought into synonymy:
- Aesopus angustus (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886): synonym of Clathranachis angusta (G.B. Sowerby III, 1886)
- Aesopus eurytoideus (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
- Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867: synonym of Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
- Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858) : synonym of Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
- Aesopus metella (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus metellus (Thiele, 1925)
- Aesopus spiculus (Duclos in Chenu, 1846) : synonym of Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)