Aesopus solidus

Aesopus solidus
Shell of Aesopus solidus (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Aesopus
Species:	A. solidus
Binomial name
Aesopus solidus (May, 1911)
Synonyms[1]
Mitromorpha solida May, 1911 (original combination)

Aesopus solidus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm, its diameter 3.3 mm.^{[citation needed]}

(Original description) The shell is solid and elongate.^{[citation needed]} It is predominantly whitish with a few rusty spots below the suture and around the middle of the body whorl.^{[citation needed]} It comprises six rounded whorls, including a smooth two-whorled protoconch.^{[citation needed]} The aperture is wide and open, contracting anteriorly.^{[citation needed]} The outer lip is rounded and simple, without a sinus.^{[citation needed]} The inner lip is strongly curved and simple.^{[citation needed]}

The spire whorls feature each approximately ten strong spiral lirae, separated by slightly narrower grooves. These lirae continue almost to the base of the body whorl.^[2]

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Tasmania.^{[citation needed]}

• May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Australian Recent and Tertiary Species of the Molluscan Family Pyrenidae. Adelaide : Privately published.
• Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp.

• May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp
• Grove, S. 2012. Columbellidae - Atiliinae: Aesopus solidus (May, 1911) ('solid dove-shell'). Website: A guide to the seashells and other marine molluscs of Tasmania

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