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Agaronia testacea

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Panama false olive
Several views of a shell of Agaronia testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Olivoidea
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

  1. ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.


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