Aesopus myrmecoon, common name ant-egg dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Aesopus myrmecoon
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. myrmecoon
Binomial name
Aesopus myrmecoon
Dall, 1916
Synonyms[1]

Columbella stearnsii Tryon, 1883

Description

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(Original description) This is a minute species four millimeters long, of a whitish color more or less tinged or spotted with brown, almost duplicates Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) in form and sculpture, though so much smaller than the Florida species. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off San Pedro, California, USA to Point Abreojos, Baja California, Mexico.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  2. ^ Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. The Nautilus. 30(3): 25-2   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
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