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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| Apertural view of a shell of Agaronia acuminata boavistensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. acuminata
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| Binomial name | |
| Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Subspecies edit
- Agaronia acuminata acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
- Agaronia acuminata boavistensis Burnay & Conceicao, 1986
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon, Angola and West Africa.[1]
References edit
- ^ 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
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agaronia acuminata.
- "Agaronia (Anazola) acuminata acuminata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.