Aesopus stearnsii


Aesopus stearnsii, common name Stearn's dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

The elongate shell features five slightly convex whorls and a yellowish-brown latticed surface adorned with many fine, revolving spiral threads and microscopic axial ribs. The outer lip is simple and with spiral ridges on the inside.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to western Florida, USA; also off Bermuda and the Bahamas, Brazil; in the Caribbean Sea off Guadeloupe.