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Aesopus (gastropod)
Genus of gastropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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Aesopus | |
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Holotype of Aesopus guyanensis (at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Aesopus Gould, 1860 |
Type species | |
Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation |
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