Agagus agagus
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| Apertural view of a shell of Agagus agagus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Agagus |
| Species: | A. agagus
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| Agagus agagus Jousseaume, 1894
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Agagus agagus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell grows to a length of 9 mm, its diameter 10 mm. The umbilicate shell has a depressed conical shape with a swollen base. Its color is a vivid white with green spots. It contains 6½ sharp declining whorls with longitudinal oblique striae and spiral ribs. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is sharp.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and South Africa.
References
[edit]- ^ Agagus agagus Jousseaume, 1894. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 June 2012.
- Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 41
- Herbert D.G. (1991). A revision of the genus Agagaus Jousseaume, 1894 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Natural History 25:883-900.
- Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp.
External links
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- "Agagus agagus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.