Species Aesopus clausiliformis (Kiener, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum clausiliforme Kiener, L.C. 1834. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 9.
• Colombella spicula Duclos, M. 1846-1850. Genre Columbella. pls 1-27 in Chenu, J.C. (ed.). Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortin, Masson Vol. 4. [pl. 16, fig. 9-10] [Duclos in Chenu, 1846].
• Columbella cumingi Reeve, L.A. 1859. Monograph of the genus Columbella. pl. 1, 24-37 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 11. [pl. 25, fig. 156a-b].
• Columbella cumingi queenslandica Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [324] [as Columbella cumingi var. queenslandica Hedley, 1913].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D. 2007. The Aesopus (Lavesopus) spiculus species complex in the tropical Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Columbellidae). Visaya 2(2): 57-61

 

Generic Combinations

• Aesopus spiculum (Duclos in Chenu, 1846). —
  Schepman, M.M. 1907. Mollusken aus Posttertiaren Schichten von Celebes. Beitraege zur Geologie Ost-Asiens und Australiens. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichsmuseums in Leiden 1 8: 153-203, pls 10-13 [178]
• Aesopus (Laevisopus) spiculus (Duclos, 1846). —
  Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [437, pl. 217, fig. 76]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific. The following records from the AM collection extend the range beyond the literature cited here: Christmas island C.152418; Coral Sea region 18 C.321139; Norfolk island C.304648; Cocos Island C.304646

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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2007. "Aesopus" spiculum ( Duclos in Chenu, 1846). Seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Columbellidae/Pages/Aesopus_spiculum.htm

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [437, pl. 217, fig. 76]

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)
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	24-May-2018	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED