Aesopus stearnsii

Aesopus stearnsii
	Shell of Aesopus stearnsii (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. stearnsii
Binomial name
	Aesopus stearnsii; (Tryon, 1883)
Synonyms
	Columbella (Seminella) stearnsii Tryon, 1883 (basionym); Columbella stearnsii Tryon, 1883 (original combination); Nitidella filosa Stearns, 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]

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 Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.

References

^ Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
^ Tryon, G. W. (1883). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 5: Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae. pp 1-276, pls 1-63. Philadelphia, published by the author This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Stearns, R. E. C. (1873). Descriptions of new marine shells from the west coast of Florida. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 25: 344-347.
Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp., 547 pp
Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum : image

[WoRMS-1] Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

[2] Tryon, G. W. (1883). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 5: Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae. pp 1-276, pls 1-63. Philadelphia, published by the author This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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