Agagus

Agagus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Agagus
Agagus agagus shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Agagus
Jousseaume, 1894[1]
Type species
Agagus agagus Jousseaume, 1894

Species

Species within the genus Agagus include:

Martin Zuschin, Ronald Janssen and Christian Baal (2009) also mention an Agagus n.sp found in the Red Sea, that differs from A. agagus by its smooth base and from A. stellamaris (found in the Indian Ocean) by its higher conical shape.[4]

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References
  1. Jousseaume F. (1894). "Diagnose des coquilles de nouveaux mollusques". Bull. Soc. philom. Paris (8)6: 98-105. page 99.
  2. Agagus Jousseaume, 1894. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 21 June 2012.
  3. Agagus agagus Jousseaume, 1894. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 1 May 2010.
  4. Zuschin, Janssen, Baal - Gastropods and their habitats from the northern red Sea, Part I Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Cycloneritimorpha.pdf Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 111 A 73-158, Wien April 2009


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