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
Several views of a shell of Agaronia testacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. testacea
Binomial name
Agaronia testacea
(Lamarck, 1811)[1]
Synonyms
  • Agaronia reevei Mørch, O.A.L., 1860
  • Agaronia (Agaronia) testacea (Lamarck, 1811)

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.

References
  1. 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.
  2. Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
  • "Agaronia testacea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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