Aesopus (gastropod)
| Aesopus | |
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| Holotype of Aesopus guyanensis (at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Aesopus Gould, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860 | |
| Species | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation | |
Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.