Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Alternative spelling: Columbella (Aesopus)
Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Arnold 1903, Gardner 1948, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wilson 1994
Sister taxa: Astyris, Atiliinae, Bifurcium, Clavistrombina, Columbella, Columbellinae, Columbellopsis, Conella, Cosmioconcha, Decipifus, Euplica, Eurypyrene, Glyptanachis, Graphicomassa, Indomitrella, Lavesopus, Mazatlania, Metulella, Microcithara, Mitrella, Nassarina, Nitidella, Parametaria, Parvanachis, Pyrene, Pyrenidae, Pyreninae, Retizafra, Rhombinella, Ruthia, Seminella, Sincola, Strombinella, Zafrona, Zemitrella
Subtaxa: Aesopus (Aesopus) Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Aesopus chrysalloides Aesopus chrysalloideus Aesopus gardnerae Aesopus polylophus Aesopus sanctus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (16: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (3), Ecuador (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (2: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
Total: 30 collections including 39 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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