Agaronia acuminata

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Agaronia acuminata
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Apertural view of a shell of Agaronia acuminata boavistensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
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) lutariaMarrat, F.P., 1871
  • Agaronia (Agaronia) subulataReeve, L.A., 1850
  • Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata acuminata(Lamarck, 1811)
  • Oliva acuminataLamarck, 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]

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Subspecies

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]

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