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Aesopus Gould, 1860 
AphiaID: 225496

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Columbellidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860 (type by monotypy)
Parent Columbellidae Swainson, 1840
Source  basis of record: Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929
Species Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
Species Aesopus aliciae Marincovich, 1973
Species Aesopus arestus Dall, 1919
Species Aesopus australis (Angas, 1877)
Species Aesopus cassandra (Hedley, 1904)
Species Aesopus chrysalloideus (Carpenter, 1866)
Species Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
Species Aesopus cumingii (Reeve, 1859)
Species Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Aesopus fredbakeri Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
Species Aesopus fuscostrigatus (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Aesopus geraldsmithi Lussi, 2001
Species Aesopus goforthi Dall, 1912
Species Aesopus gracilis Faber, 2004
Species Aesopus hilium Hedley, 1908
Species Aesopus jaffaensis (Verco, 1910)
Species Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860
Species Aesopus meta (Thiele, 1925)
Species Aesopus multistriatus (Preston, 1905)
Species Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916
Species Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
Species Aesopus osborni Hertlein & Strong, 1951
Species Aesopus pallidulus (Hedley, 1906)
Species Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
Species Aesopus rotundus Drivas & Jay, 1990
Species Aesopus sanctus Dall, 1919
Species Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)
Species Aesopus subturritus (Carpenter, 1866)
Species Aesopus urania Melvill & Standen, 1901
Species Aesopus veneris (Thiele, 1925)
Species Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Species Aesopus angustus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886) accepted as Clathranachis angusta (G. B. Sowerby III, 1886)
Species Aesopus eurytoideus (Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Aesopus eurytoides (Carpenter, 1864)
Species Aesopus filosus Angas, 1867 accepted as Aesopus plurisulcatus Reeve, 1859
Species Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1860) accepted as Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844)
Species Aesopus metella (Thiele, 1925) accepted as Decipifus metellus (Thiele, 1925)
Species Aesopus spiculus (Duclos, 1846) accepted as Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)
Link To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225496
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-22 08:00:43Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-03 18:02:17Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2011-04-05 21:03:31Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Aesopus Gould, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225496 on 2013-05-23
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