Agaronia acuminata | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Agaronia acuminata boavistensis | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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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]
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.
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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, Angola and West Africa. [1]
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