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Aesopus (dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Aesopus was named by Gould (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Columbella (Aesopus) by Arnold (1903).

It was assigned to Columbella by Arnold (1903); to Pyrenidae by Gardner (1948); to Pyreninae by Wilson (1994); to Columbellidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Aesopus Gould
1903Columbella (Aesopus) Arnold p. 237
1948Aesopus Gardner p. 232
1987Aesopus Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1994Aesopus Wilson p. 98
2001Aesopus Todd
2002Aesopus Sepkoski

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

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.

G. Aesopus Gould 1860 [dovesnail]
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Subg. Aesopus (Aesopus) Gould 1860
Subg. †Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Aesopus (Glyptaesopus) perornatus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Aesopus chrysalloides Carpenter 1863
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Invalid names: Aesopus idae Bartsch 1918 [synonym]
Aesopus gardnerae Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Aesopus polylophus Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Aesopus sanctus Dall 1919
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available