Agaronia propatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. propatula
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| Binomial name | |
| Agaronia propatula (Conrad, 1849)
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Oliva propatula Conrad, 1849 superseded combination | |
Description
edit(Original description) The shell is ovate-oblong and slightly swollen towards the base. It is pale ochraceous in color. The shell is adorned with sparse longitudinal zigzag brown lines and darker transverse hair-like lines, along with scattered spots. The rim is spread out and prominently grooved underneath. The base of the shell shows a carinated midsection with a deposited substance. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Central America and the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador.
References
edit- ^ Agaronia propatula (Conrad, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
- ^ Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 152-156.
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External links
edit- Ariel Z. Cyrus; Jennifer Swiggs; Pilar Santidrian Tomillo; Frank V. Paladino; Winfried S. Peters (August 2015). "Cannibalism causes size-dependent intraspecific predation pressure but does not trigger autotomy in the intertidal gastropod Agaronia propatula". Journal of Molluscan Studies. pp. 388–396.
- Cyrus, Ariel Z.; Peters, Winfried S.. The cannibalistic snail Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca) is reluctant to feed on autotomized ‘tails’ of conspecifics. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 2014 09.