Aesopus geraldsmithi
| Aesopus geraldsmithi | |
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| Shell of Aesopus geraldsmithi (specimen at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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
This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
References
- ^ Lussi M. (2001). Malacologia (Mostra Mondiale) 35 : 23–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi M., 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- 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.