Aesopus (gastropod)

Aesopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Gould, 1860
Type species
Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860

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

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 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 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)
  • Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Species brought into synonymy

References

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