Aesopus obesus

Aesopus obesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species: A. obesus
Binomial name
Aesopus obesus
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1860)
  • Columbella acus Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella lumbricus Reeve, 1859
  • Terebra metcalfei Reeve, 1860
  • Terebra obesa Hinds, 1844

Aesopus obesus 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 5 mm and 14 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Pacific Ocean from Colombia to Argentina in the Atlantic Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 October 2011.

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