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Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844) 
AphiaID: 409951

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Columbellidae (Family) > Aesopus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aesopus Gould, 1860
Synonymised
taxa
  Aesopus metcalfei (Reeve, 1860)
Columbella acus Reeve, 1859
Columbella lumbricus Reeve, 1859
Terebra metcalfei Reeve, 1860
Terebra obesa Hinds, 1844 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Monsecour K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. com. [details]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2007) The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57-61. [November 2007] [details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. (2007) The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57-61. [November 2007] [details]

Environment marine
Distribution Caribbean Sea [details]
Colombia [details]
Hispaniola [details]
Lesser Antilles [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:409951
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-07-28 16:00:18Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-09-01 19:50:42Z  changed  Monsecour, Kevin
  
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  Citation: Monsecour, K. (2013). Aesopus obesus (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=409951 on 2013-06-20
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