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Aesopus myrmecoon
Aesopus myrmecoon, common name ant-egg dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
From the article Aesopus myrmecoon on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
(Original description) This is a minute species four millimeters long, of a whitish color more or less tinged or spotted with brown, almost duplicates Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) in form and sculpture, though so much smaller than the Florida species.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs off San Pedro, California, USA to Point Abreojos, Baja California, Mexico.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81765.