Aesopus geraldsmithi

Aesopus geraldsmithi
Shell of Aesopus geraldsmithi (specimen at the Natural History Museum of Rotterdam)
Scientific 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

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

References

1. Lussi M. (2001). Malacologia (Mostra Mondiale) 35 : 23–28. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. 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.