Agaronia propatula

Agaronia propatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[1]

Agaronia propatula
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Olividae
Genus: Agaronia
Species:
A. propatula
Binomial name
Agaronia propatula
(Conrad, 1849)
Synonyms

Oliva propatula Conrad, 1849 superseded combination

Description

(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

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Central America and the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador.

References
  1. Agaronia propatula (Conrad, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  2. 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.
  • 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.
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