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Pointed Ancilla

Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck 1811)

Agaronia acuminata

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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]

Subspecies

  • Agaronia acuminata acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Agaronia acuminata boavistensis Burnay & Conceicao, 1986

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34

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Agaronia acuminata: Brief Summary

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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.

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