Aesopus obesus

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Aesopus obesus
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Shell of Aesopus obesus (species at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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 obesaHinds, 1844

Aesopus obesus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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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.

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References

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