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Agaronia steeriae

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Agaronia steeriae
Scientific classification edit
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)

Agaronia steeriae 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 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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 18 November 2012
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34.

Wikidata ☰ Q4691372 entry




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