Agaronia travassosi

Species of gastropod

Agaronia travassosi
Shell of Agaronia travassosi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. travassosi
Binomial name
Agaronia travassosi
Lange de Morretes, 1938[1]
Synonyms

Agaronia lanei Morretes, 1938 junior subjective synonym

Agaronia travassosi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]

Description

This species attains a size of 60 mm.

Distribution

Continental shelf, offshore São Paulo state, Brazil
sometimes trawled by shrimpers at 40–70 metres depth.

References

  1. ^ de Morretes L. (1938). Duas especies novas de molluscos marinhos do Brasil. Livro Jubilar do Professor Lauro Travassos Page 330, pl. 1, figs. 2-5.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Agaronia travassosi Lange de Morretes, 1938. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Gernet M. de V., Belz C.E., Birckolz C.J., Simone L.R.L. & Parellada C.I. (2018). A contribuição de Frederico Lange de Morretes para a malacologia brasileira. Arquivos de Zoologia. 49(3): 153-165
Taxon identifiers
Agaronia travassosi


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