| Aesopus obesus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Aesopus |
| Species: | A. obesus |
| Binomial name | |
| Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844) |
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Aesopus obesus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Pacific Ocean from Colombia to Argentina in the Atlantic Ocean.