Aesopus clausiliformis
Shell of Aesopus clausiliformis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. clausiliformis
Binomial name
Aesopus clausiliformis
(Kiener, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aesopus clausilia Duclos, P.L. in Chenu, J.C., 1846
  • Aesopus cumingi var. queenslandicus Hedley, 1913
  • Aesopus spiculus (Duclos, 1846)
  • Buccinum clausiliforme Kiener, 1834 (basionym)
  • Columbella clausilia Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella cumingii Martens, E.C. von, 1880
  • Columbella spicula Duclos, 1846

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.

The small, spindle-shaped shell has a chestnut color. It is covered with numerous fine, transverse striae. It contains nine slightly convex whorls to the spire, the upper longitudinally plaited. The sutures are pretty apparent, edged with small black and white slightly elongated spots. The brownish aperture is narrow and ovate. The outer lip is thin and delicately striated within. The columella is slightly arcuated and smooth, forming a small siphonal canal, emarginated at its base.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and Réunion; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines

References

  • 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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