Agaronia testacea
Agaronia testacea, common name the Panama false olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
| Panama false olive | |
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| Several views of a shell of Agaronia testacea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. testacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Agaronia testacea | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 66 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Peru.
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References
- Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
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