Aesopus eurytoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
| Aesopus eurytoides | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Aesopus |
| Species: | A. eurytoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Aesopus eurytoides (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
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Description
edit(Original description in Latin) The turreted shell is small and slender, and has a whitish coloration. Often, a band around the periphery is adorned with brownish-orange spots. The nuclear whorls are mammillate, effused, flattened, and slightly constricted towards the end. The ribs are shiny and wax-like. The aperture is evanescent and is sub-square, with a lip that is not thickened and sometimes finely striated inside, not denticulate. The columella is abruptly truncated.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Cape San Lucas, Mexico.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS. "Aesopus eurytoides(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ a b Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Diagnoses of new forms of mollusks collected at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. J. Xantus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. series 3, 14: 45-49
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