Aesopus stearnsii

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Aesopus stearnsii
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Shell of Aesopus stearnsii (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. stearnsii
Binomial name
Aesopus stearnsii
(Tryon, 1883)
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Synonyms
  • Columbella (Seminella) stearnsiiTryon, 1883 (basionym)
  • Columbella stearnsiiTryon, 1883 (original combination)
  • Nitidella filosaStearns, 1873

Aesopus stearnsii, common name Stearn's dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]

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Description

(Original description) The elongate shell features five slightly convex whorls and a yellowish-brown latticed surface adorned with many fine, revolving spiral threads and microscopic axial ribs. The outer lip is simple and with spiral ridges on the inside. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to western Florida, USA; also off Bermuda and the Bahamas, Brazil; in the Caribean Sea off Guadeloupe.

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References


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