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] | |
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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
- 1 2 Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
- 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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