Aesopus meta
Species of gastropod
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Aesopus meta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
| Aesopus meta | |
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| Shell of Aesopus meta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Aesopus |
| Species: | A. meta |
| Binomial name | |
| Aesopus meta (Thiele, 1925) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
