Aesopus cumingii

Aesopus cumingii
Shell of Aesopus cumingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. cumingii
Binomial name
Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
Columbella cumingiiReeve, 1859 (original combination) Lavesopus cumingii(Reeve, 1859)

Aesopus cumingii, common name Cuming's columbella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

The variety Aesopus cumingii var. queenslandicaHedley, 1913is a synonym of Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)

Description

(Original description) The shell is elongated and subcylindrical, with a recurved base. The spire is highly extended and minutely ribbed near the apex. The whorls are narrow and flatly convex, featuring spiral groove striations. The coloration is purple-violet, adorned with two encircling bands of red dots. The aperture is small and short, notched at the upper part, with a rather thickened and denticulated lip. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Japan; Mauritius, Bermuda Islands. ^[3]

References

1. WoRMS. "Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 8 June 2024.
2. Reeve, L. A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11, pl. 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. "Search for Aesopus cumingii". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

• Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2007) The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57-61