Agaronia jesuitarum

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Agaronia jesuitarum
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Shell of Agaronia jesuitarum (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. jesuitarum
Binomial name
Agaronia jesuitarum
Lopez, Montonya, Lopez, 1988 [1]

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

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Description

Agaronia jesuitarum has a small, thin shell. Subfusiform; a high spire, straight sided. The length of the shell is about 22mm, body whorl not inflated. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. [4]

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References

  1. Lopez A., Montonya J. & Lopez M. (1988). A review of the genus Agaronia in the Panamic Province and the Description of Two New Species from Nicaragua. The Veliger 30 (3) Page 295-305.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. Agaronia jesuitarum Lopez, Montonya, Lopez, 1988 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 April 2010.
  3. "Agaronia jesuitarum [López, Montoya & López, 1988 ]".
  4. Gbif.org: Agaronia jesuitarum - occurrence