Taxon profile
species
Aesopus myrmecoon W. H. Dall, 1916
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Aesopus
ID: 585933
pID: 570634
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 15:31:21 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 08:14:18
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585933/
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[[t:585933;<em>Aesopus myrmecoon</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1916
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585933/"><em>Aesopus myrmecoon</em></a>
pID: 570634
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 15:31:21 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-20 08:14:18
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585933/
Text function: [[t:585933;<em>Aesopus myrmecoon</em>]]
[[t:585933;<em>Aesopus myrmecoon</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1916
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585933/"><em>Aesopus myrmecoon</em></a>
Data source: http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Neogastropoda.html
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Author: De Maintenon, M.J.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 94940
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:30:15 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:30:15 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell 3—5 mm long, with four teleoconch whorls; profile convex, sutures barely impressed; glossy white with tan blotches; aperture edge not denticulate within; sculpture of fine, dense spiral grooves; protoconch unsculptured, white, 1.5—2 whorls, bluntly conic, no velar sinus.
DeMaintenon M.J. (2019). The columbellid species of the northeast Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cedros Island, Baja California (Neogastropoda: Columbellidae).
Interchangeable taxa
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 94942
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:31:53 - User Delsing Jan
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:31:53 - User Delsing Jan
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This species is wider relative to the length than others in the region, with a larger aperture and different color pattern. It is rare in collections, and I have only seen two lots from outer Baja and Baja California Sur. Though Dall (1916) reported the species from San Pedro south, it may prove to be restricted to a more southern distribution.
DeMaintenon M.J. (2019). The columbellid species of the northeast Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cedros Island, Baja California (Neogastropoda: Columbellidae).
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 94941
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:30:46 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:585933,textblock=94941,elang=EN;Distribution]]
Text ID: 94941
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Created: 2019-07-16 15:30:46 - User Delsing Jan
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San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, to Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur. Subtidal to 10 m. Rare.
DeMaintenon M.J. (2019). The columbellid species of the northeast Pacific coast from the Aleutian Islands to Cedros Island, Baja California (Neogastropoda: Columbellidae).
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013