Aesopus algoensis

Aesopus algoensis
	Shell of Aesopus algoensis (specimen at NHM, London))
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. algoensis
Binomial name
	Aesopus algoensis; (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
Synonyms[1]
	Columbella algoensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of an adult shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 2¾ mm.

(original description in Latin) The shell is elongate and turreted. It shows a yellow base color adorned sporadically with light brown transverse interstices and brown zoning towards the anterior. The spire is pronounced, ending in a papillary apex, with distinct sutures. It consists of five slightly convex whorls, irregularly folded longitudinally and densely sulcate spirally. The body whorl is narrow. The columella is slightly recurved, and the aperture is small with a thin outer lip.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Algoa Bay, South Africa.

References

WoRMS. "Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. III. (1892). Marine shells of South Africa. A catalogue of all the known species with references to figures in various works, descriptions of new species, and figures of such as are new, little known, or hitherto unfigured, London: G. B. Sowerby. 89 pp., 5 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.