Agagus

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Agagus
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Agagus agagus shell
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Agagus
Jousseaume, 1894 [1]
Type species
Agagus agagus
Jousseaume, 1894

Agagus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Agagus include:

Martin Zuschin, Ronald Janssen and Christian Baal (2009) also mention an Agagus n.sp found in the Red Sea, that differs from A. agagus by its smooth base and from A. stellamaris (found in the Indian Ocean) by its higher conical shape. [4]

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