Aesopus (gastropod)

Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Aesopus
Holotype of Aesopus guyanensis (at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
[ Gould, 1860
Type species
Aesopus japonicus
Gould, 1860
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929ยท accepted, alternate representation

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 benitoensis deMaintenon, 2019
  • 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 geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001[2]
  • Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912
  • Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004[3]
  • Aesopus guyanensis Pelorce, 2017
  • 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 obesus (Hinds, 1844)[4]
  • Aesopus osborni Hertlein & Strong, 1951
  • Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)
  • Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
  • Aesopus rotundus Drivas & Jay, 1990
  • Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919
  • Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)[5]
  • Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1866)
  • Aesopus urania Melvill & Standen, 1901
  • Aesopus veneris (Thiele, 1925)
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):[6] synonym of Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
  • Aesopus metella (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus metellus (Thiele, 1925)
  • Aesopus spiculus (Duclos in Chenu, 1846):[7] synonym of Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
  • Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (original combination)
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References
  1. Aesopus Gould, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
  2. Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  5. Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  6. Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  7. Aesopus spiculum (Duclos in Chenu, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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