Agaronia annotata

Species of gastropod

Agaronia annotata

Shell of Agaronia annotata (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Family:  | Olividae
Genus:  | Agaronia
Species:  |

A. annotata

Binomial name
Agaronia annotata

(Marrat, 1871)[1]

Synonyms[2]

Oliva annotata Marrat, 1871 superseded combination

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

## Description

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The length of the shell attains 16.9 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is lanceolate and grey, adorned with irregular longitudinal lines and spots. The spire is elongate-pyramidal, with the suture neatly punctuated in black. A divided belt is present: the posterior part is wide, with orange-yellow flames tinged with red, while the anterior part is narrowly flamed. The columella is marked by very thin plicae, with the folds of the callus separated by five twists. The aperture is blue-white inside, and the thin outer lip is stained on the interior. [3]

## Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the coasts from Gambia to Angola, in shallow water to a depth of 30 m. [2]

## References

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1. ^ Marrat (1871). Thesaurus Conchyliorum Vol. 4.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. ^ a b c Agaronia annotata (Marrat, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
3. ^ Marrat, F. P. (1870–1871). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (29–30) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

* Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2024). A survey of the genus Agaronia in the West African waters, including the description of a new species. Neptunea. 17(2): 14–40.

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Taxon identifiers

Agaronia annotata|

* Wikidata: Q4691358
* BOLD: 739793
* CoL: 65PTL
* GBIF: 4368172
* IRMNG: 10836165
* NCBI: 1920612
* OBIS: 225437
* Open Tree of Life: 2908114
* WoRMS: 225437