Aesopus eurytoides

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Aesopus eurytoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. eurytoides
Binomial name
Aesopus eurytoides
(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aesopus eurytoideus [sic] (misspelling)
  • Truncaria eurytoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864 superseded combination

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The turreted shell is small and slender, and has a whitish coloration. Often, a band around the periphery is adorned with brownish-orange spots. The nuclear whorls are mammillate, effused, flattened, and slightly constricted towards the end. The ribs are shiny and wax-like. The aperture is evanescent and is sub-square, with a lip that is not thickened and sometimes finely striated inside, not denticulate. The columella is abruptly truncated.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape San Lucas, Mexico.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS. "Aesopus eurytoides(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of mollusks collected at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. J. Xantus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 3, 14: 45-49 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.