Agaronia steeriae

Agaronia steeriae
Shell of Agaronia steeriae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. steeriae
Binomial name
Agaronia steeriae
(Reeve, 1850)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Oliva steeriae Reeve, 1850 (original combination)
  • Olivancillaria steeriae (Reeve, 1850)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Uruguay. [3]

References

  1. ^ Reeve L.A. (1850). Conchologia iconica or illustrations of the shell of molluscous animals.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Agaronia steeriae (Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=573246 on 18 November 2012
  3. ^ Gbif.org: Agaronia steeriae - occurrence
  • Teso V. & Pastorino G. (2011) A revision of the genus Olivancillaria (Mollusca: Olividae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Zootaxa 2889: 1–34.
  • "Olivancillaria steeriae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Marrat, F. P. (1870-1871). Monograph of the genus Oliva. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (29-30) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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