Genus Aesopus Gould, 1860

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aesopus Gould, A.A. 1860. Descriptions of new shells collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 7: 382-384 [according to Higo, Callomon & Goto (1999) the entire article of pp. 382-389 is published over two different years: pp. 382-384 published 1860; pp. 385-389 published 1861] [383].

  Type species:

   Aesopus japonicus Gould, 1860 by monotypy.
• Lavesopus Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [289] [as spicula Duclos].

  Type species:

   Columbella queenslandica Hedley by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Madagascar, Reunion, Japan, Gulf of Carpentaria, Philippines, Oceania, Eastern Indian Ocean, Indo-Arabia, Mauritius, Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf), Japan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [98]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED