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Agaronia adamii

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Agaronia adamii
Shell of Agaronia adamii (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. adamii
Binomial name
Agaronia adamii
Terzer, 1992[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is found off the coasts of Brunei, and the Malaysian Bornean states of Sabah and Sarawak facing the South China Sea. [2]

References

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  • Raven J.G.M. (Han) & Recourt P. (2018). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 4. Olivoidea (Gastropoda, Neogastropoda), with the description of eight new species. Vita Malacologica. 17: 113-155.
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