Agaronia steeriae

Agaronia steeriae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Agaronia steeriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. steeriae
Binomial name
Agaronia steeriae
(Reeve, 1850)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva steeriae Reeve, 1850 (original combination)
  • Olivancillaria steeriae (Reeve, 1850)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References
  1. Reeve L.A. (1850). Conchologia iconica or illustrations of the shell of molluscous animals.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Agaronia steeriae (Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573246 on 2012-11-18
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34.
  • "Olivancillaria steeriae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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