Agaronia lutaria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Agaronia lutaria | |
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Shell of Agaronia lutaria (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Olividae |
Genus: | Agaronia |
Species: | A. lutaria
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Binomial name | |
Agaronia lutaria (Röding, 1798)[1]
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 44 mm. [3]
(Original description in Latin) The brown-plumbeous is cylindrical-subulate. It is adorned with spots along the upper edge of the whorls. The shell is broadening towards the base, which is obliquely tinged with yellow. [4]
Distribution
editReferences
edit- ^ Röding P. F. (1798). Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Fried. Bolten M. D. p. d. pars secunda continens Conchylia sive Testacea univalvia, bivalvia et multivalvia.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Agaronia lutaria (Röding, 1798). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Gbif.org: Agaronia lutaria
- ^ Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 16: 300-328. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
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