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Aesopus sanctus (Santa Monica dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Aesopus sanctus was named by Dall (1919). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aesopus (Aesopus) sanctus by Skoglund (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. metcalfei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Aesopus sanctus Dall
2002Aesopus (Aesopus) sanctus Skoglund p. 129
2021Aesopus sanctus Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAesopusGould 1860
speciessanctusDall 1919

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aesopus sanctus Dall 1919 [Santa Monica dovesnail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aesopus sanctus (160361 219029 219030)