Agaronia jesuitarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
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| Shell of Agaronia jesuitarum (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. jesuitarum
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| Agaronia jesuitarum Lopez, Montonya, Lopez, 1988[1]
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Description
editAgaronia jesuitarum has a small, thin shell. Subfusiform; a high spire, straight sided. The length of the shell is about 22mm, body whorl not inflated.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean off Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. [4]
References
edit- ^ Lopez A., Montonya J. & Lopez M. (1988). A review of the genus Agaronia in the Panamic Province and the Description of Two New Species from Nicaragua. The Veliger 30 (3) Page 295-305.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ Agaronia jesuitarum Lopez, Montonya, Lopez, 1988. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Agaronia jesuitarum [López, Montoya & López, 1988 ]".
- ^ Gbif.org: Agaronia jesuitarum - occurrence
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