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Agaronia testacea

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Panama false olive
Several views of a shell of Agaronia testacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. testacea
Binomial name
Agaronia testacea
(Lamarck, 1811)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agaronia reevei Mørch, O.A.L., 1860
  • Agaronia (Agaronia) testacea (Lamarck, 1811)

Agaronia testacea, common name the Panama false olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 66 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Peru.

References

  • "Agaronia testacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.