Aesopus myrmecoon

Aesopus myrmecoon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. myrmecoon
Binomial name
	Aesopus myrmecoon; Dall, 1916
Synonyms
	Columbella stearnsii Tryon, 1883

Aesopus myrmecoon, common name ant-egg dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

(Original description) This is a minute species four millimeters long, of a whitish color more or less tinged or spotted with brown, almost duplicates Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) in form and sculpture, though so much smaller than the Florida species. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off San Pedro, California, USA to Point Abreojos, Baja California, Mexico.

References

^ ^a ^b WoRMS. "Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
^ Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. The Nautilus. 30(3): 25-2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS. "Aesopus myrmecoon Dall, 1916". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 June 2024.

[2] Dall, W. H. (1916). Notes on West American Columbellidae. The Nautilus. 30(3): 25-2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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