Agaronia propatula
Appearance
Agaronia propatula | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms | |
Oliva propatula Conrad, 1849 superseded combination |
Agaronia propatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]
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
[edit]This 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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.