Aesopus guyanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Aesopus guyanensis | |
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Shell of Aesopus guyanensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Aesopus |
Species: | A. guyanensis
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Binomial name | |
Aesopus guyanensis Pelorce, 2017
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 44 mm (1.7 in).
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off French Guiana.
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS. "Aesopus guyanensis Pelorce, 2017". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- Pelorce J. (2017). "Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française". Xenophora Taxonomy (in French). 14 (4–21): 5.