Taxon profile
species
Aesopus goforthi W. H. Dall, 1912
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » order Neogastropoda » family Columbellidae - Dove Shells » genus Aesopus
ID: 585937
pID: 570634
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 15:31:21 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2020-11-15 15:49:11 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-09 10:56:36
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[[t:585937;<em>Aesopus goforthi</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1912
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585937/"><em>Aesopus goforthi</em></a>
pID: 570634
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 15:31:21 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2020-11-15 15:49:11 - User Delsing Jan
Data last updated: 2021-03-09 10:56:36
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585937/
Text function: [[t:585937;<em>Aesopus goforthi</em>]]
[[t:585937;<em>Aesopus goforthi</em>]] W. H. Dall, 1912
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id585937/"><em>Aesopus goforthi</em></a>
Data source: http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Neogastropoda.html
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Author: Dall, W.H.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 103198
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Created: 2020-11-16 12:14:15 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:585937,textblock=103198,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 103198
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Created: 2020-11-16 12:14:15 - User Delsing Jan
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Shell smooth, slender, elongate, with inconspicuous sutures and about eight whorls; nucleus defective, smooth; subsequent whorls gradually increasing, moderately convex; color greenish-waxen with flammules of dark chestnut so arranged on the last whorl as to form two irregular bands, one above and the other below the periphery, which also show in the interior of the aperture and on the base of the pillar; the paler portion of the surface is also irregularly mottled with opaque whitish blotches. Aperture short, rather wide; the outer lip simple, sharp, smooth within; body and pillar smooth, with a thin wash of callus; canal short, wide, not recurved. Length of shell, 12; of last whorl, 6; of aperture, 4; maximum diameter of shell, 3.3 mm. (Dall.)
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
Distribution
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 103199
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Text function: [[t:585937,textblock=103199,elang=EN;Distribution]]
Text ID: 103199
Text Type: 3
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TYPE in United States National Museum, No. 249624. Type locality, Monterey, California.
RANGE. Known only from type locality.
RANGE. Known only from type locality.
Oldroyd, I.S. The Marine Shells of the West Coast of North America. Volume II.1.
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 goforthi Dall, 1912]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013