en Aesopus eurytoides

Aesopus eurytoides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. eurytoides
Binomial name
	Aesopus eurytoides; (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms
	Aesopus eurytoideus [sic] (misspelling); Truncaria eurytoides P. P. Carpenter, 1864 superseded combination;

Aesopus eurytoides is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

(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

This marine species occurs off Cape San Lucas, Mexico.^[2]

References

^ ^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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Aesopus eurytoides(P. P. Carpenter, 1864)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 June 2024.

[Carpenter-2] 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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