NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 1999

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Columbellidae
  Order - Neogastropoda
  Subclass - Prosobranchia
  Class - Gastropoda
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Aesopus japonicus
      Species - Aesopus stearnsii
      Species - Aesopus eurytoideus
      Species - Aesopus chrysalloideus
      Species - Aesopus sanctus
      Species - Aesopus myrmecoon
      Species - Aesopus goforthi
      Species - Aesopus babbi
      Species - Aesopus xenicus
      Species - Aesopus metcalfei
      Species - Aesopus arestus
      Species - Aesopus fuscostrigatus
      Species - Aesopus subturritus