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Aesopus obesus

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Aesopus obesus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. obesus
Binomial name
Aesopus obesus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1860)
  • Columbella acus Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella lumbricus Reeve, 1859
  • Terebra metcalfei Reeve, 1860
  • Terebra obesa Hinds, 1844

Aesopus obesus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Pacific Ocean from Colombia to Argentina in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.
  • Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2007) The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57–61. [November 2007]
  • Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae
  • "Aesopus obesus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2011.


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