Agaronia hiatula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. hiatula
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Agaronia hiatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
[edit]The shell is thin, with a raised spire and a large aperture, somewhat dilated at the base. The columellar folds are very oblique. The shell color ranges from cream to light brown or olivaceous, often featuring nebulous or zigzag brown longitudinal markings. The fasciole is either lighter or darker but lacks any markings. The interior varies from cream to chocolate and may sometimes display the external markings. [3]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs from Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe Island), except the Cape Verde Islands, in shallow water at depths of 1 to 10 m. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Caroli a Linné Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Editio decima tertia, aucta reformata. Leipzig: G. E. Deer. Tome 1, pars 6 (Vermes):3021–3910.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Tryon, G. W. (1883). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 5: Marginellidae, Olividae, Columbellidae. pp 1-276, pls 1-63. Philadelphia, published by the author.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Duclos P.L. (1844–1848). Oliva. In J.C. Chenu, Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes: 5–28 [1844]; 29–31, pls 1–36 [1845]; 1–4 [1848].
- Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2024). A survey of the genus Agaronia in the West African waters, including the description of a new species. Neptunea. 17(2): 14-40.
External links
[edit]- Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021–3910
- Duclos, P. L. (1835–1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1–12 [1835], pls 13–33
- Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. Journal of Paleontology. 97(S91): 1-42
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