Aesopus cumingii

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Aesopus cumingii
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Shell of Aesopus cumingii
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Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Aesopus cumingii - distribution
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