Agaronia acuminata

Agaronia acuminata, common name the pointed ancilla, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olive snails.[1]

Agaronia acuminata
Apertural view of a shell of Agaronia acuminata boavistensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. acuminata
Binomial name
Agaronia acuminata
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaronia (Agaronia) lutaria Marrat, F.P., 1871
  • Agaronia (Agaronia) subulata Reeve, L.A., 1850
  • Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Oliva acuminata Lamarck, 1811 (basionym)

Subspecies
  • Agaronia acuminata acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Agaronia acuminata boavistensis Burnay & Conceicao, 1986

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, Angola and West Africa.[1]

References
  1. Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34
  • "Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata acuminata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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