Aesopus (gastropod)

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Aesopus
Holotype of Aesopus guyanensis (at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Gould, 1860
Type species
Aesopus japonicus
Gould, 1860
Species

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Synonyms[1]

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

Aesopus is a

mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Aesopus include:

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)

References

  1. ^ a b 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.