Aesopus Gould 1860 (dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Alternative spelling: Columbella (Aesopus)

Parent taxon: Columbellidae according to J. A. Todd 2001

See also Arnold 1903, Gardner 1948, Sepkoski 2002, Ward and Blackwelder 1987 and Wilson 1994

Sister taxa: Amphissa, 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 gardnerae Aesopus polylophus Aesopus sanctus

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (15: 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: 29 collections including 38 occurrences

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