Agaronia acuminata

Short description: Species of gastropod

Agaronia acuminata

Apertural view of a shell of Agaronia acuminata boavistensis
Scientific classification
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)

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]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies
* 2 Description
* 3 Distribution
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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

## External links

* "Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata acuminata" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_3441.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q2826427 entry

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