Aesopus (gastropod)

Aesopus
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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Synonyms

Aesopus (Lavesopus) Iredale, 1929· accepted, alternate representation

Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.