Aesopus plurisulcatus

Aesopus plurisulcatus
Shell of Aesopus plurisulcatus (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. plurisulcatus
Binomial name
Aesopus plurisulcatus (Reeve, 1859)
Synonyms [1]
Aesopus filosusAngas, 1867 Columbella plurisulcataReeve, 1859 (original combination) Lavesopus plurisulcatus(Reeve, 1859)

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

Description

(Described as Aesopus filosus) The shell is elongately fusiform, displaying a pale fulvous or brown color with darker brown spots and white markings below the sutures. The spire is acuminately turreted, with a slightly obtuse apex. The shell comprises eight slightly convex whorls, each finely transversely sulcated. The body whorl accounts for nearly one-third of the shell's total length. The aperture is moderately sized and ovate in shape. The columella is arched, and the outer lip is slightly thickened externally, featuring denticulations on the inner surface. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

1. WoRMS. "Aesopus plurisulcatus (Reeve, 1859)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 6 June 2024.
2. Angas, G. F. (1867). Descriptions of thirty-two species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1867): 110-117, pl. 13 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published.
• Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
• Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp.
• Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

External links

• 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