Aesopus geraldsmithi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]
Aesopus geraldsmithi | |
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Shell of Aesopus geraldsmithi (specimen at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Aesopus |
Species: | A. geraldsmithi
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Binomial name | |
Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001[1]
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ Lussi M. (2001). Malacologia (Mostra Mondiale) 35 : 23–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- 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.
- Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.