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Aesopus geraldsmithi

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Aesopus geraldsmithi
Shell of Aesopus geraldsmithi (specimen at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Aesopus
Species:
A. geraldsmithi
Binomial name
Aesopus geraldsmithi
Lussi M., 2001[1]

Aesopus geraldsmithi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

References

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  • Lussi M. (2001) Revision of the genus Aesopus Gould, 1860 in South Africa with the description of a new species (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Neogastropoda). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 35: 23-28.
  • Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. Pp. 60-104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.