Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Neogastropoda
Superfamilia: Buccinoidea
Familia: Columbellidae
Subfamilia: Atiliinae
Genus: Aesopus
Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The animal is white with a sole that is emarginate anteriorly and obtuse posteriorly, featuring a flabelliform horny cover. It has a small head with external medial eyes and a wide, very short siphon.
The shell is fusiform and humpbacked, with a widely truncated anterior. The lunate aperture has its posterior corner filled with callus. The columella is simple and vitreous, while the suture near the aperture is abnormally arched.
The backward angle and downward curvature of the body whorl are quite peculiar. The form and appearance of the shell, along with the structure of the animal, suggest that it occupies an intermediate position between the genera Mitra and Columbella.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Aesopus include:
Aesopus algoensis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
Aesopus aliciae Marincovich, 1973
Aesopus australis (Angas, 1877)
Aesopus benitoensis de Maintenon, 2019
Aesopus cassandra (Hedley, 1904)
Aesopus chrysalloideus (Carpenter, 1866)
Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)
† Aesopus eniwetokensis (Ladd, 1977)
Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus foucheae Lussi, 2017
Aesopus fredbakeri Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Aesopus fuscostrigatus (Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001[3]
Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912 (taxon inquirendum)
Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004[4]
Aesopus guyanensis Pelorce, 2017
Aesopus jaffaensis (Verco, 1910)
Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
Aesopus meta (Thiele, 1925)
Aesopus multistriatus (Preston, 1905)
Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916
Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)[5]
Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)
Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
Aesopus rotundus Drivas & Jay, 1990
Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919
Aesopus solidus (May, 1911)
Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)[6]
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 arestus Dall, 1919: synonym of Ithiaesopus arestus (Dall, 1919) (original combination)
† Aesopus crebricostatus Tenison Woods, 1879: synonym of Anachis (Turricolumbus) crebricostata (Tenison Woods, 1879) represented as † Anachis crebricostata (Tenison Woods, 1879)
Aesopus eurytoideus (Carpenter, 1864): synonym of Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867: synonym of Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
Aesopus hilium Hedley, 1908: synonym of Austropusilla hilum (Hedley, 1908) (superseded combination)
† Aesopus idae Bartsch, 1918: synonym of Aesopus chrysalloideus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858):[7] synonym of Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
Aesopus metella (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Decipifus metellus (Thiele, 1925)
Aesopus osborni Hertlein & Strong, 1951: synonym of Exaesopus osborni (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951) (original combination)
† Aesopus semicostatus Tenison Woods, 1879: synonym of † Retizafra semicostata (Tenison Woods, 1879)
Aesopus spiculus (Duclos in Chenu, 1846):[8] synonym of Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1866): synonym of Exaesopus subturritus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932: synonym of Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (original combination)
References
Aesopus Gould, 1860. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
Gould, A. A. (1860). Descriptions of new shells collected by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 7: 323-336 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1858). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Aesopus spiculum (Duclos in Chenu, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
Gould, A.A. 1860. Descriptions of new shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 382-384
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.
Ramirez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biología Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
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