Aesopus clausiliformis
| Aesopus clausiliformis |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Mollusca |
| Class: |
Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: |
Buccinoidea |
| Family: |
Columbellidae |
| Genus: |
Aesopus |
| Species: |
A. clausiliformis |
| Binomial name |
Aesopus clausiliformis
(Kiener, 1834) |
| Synonyms[1] |
- Aesopus clausilia Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1846
- Aesopus cumingi var. queenslandicus Hedley, 1913
- Aesopus spiculus (Duclos, 1846)
- Buccinum clausiliforme Kiener, 1834 (basionym)
- Columbella clausilia Duclos, 1846
- Columbella cumingii Martens, E.C. von, 1880
- Columbella spicula Duclos, 1846
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Aesopus clausiliformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 15 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian ocean off Mauritius and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines
References
- Lussi M. (2001) Revision of the genus Aesopus Gould, 1860 in South Africa with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 35: 23-28. [October 2001]
- Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2007) The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57-61.
- Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae
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