Agaronia razetoi

Agaronia razetoi
Shell of Agaronia razetoi (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. razetoi
Binomial name
Agaronia razetoi
Terzer, 1992[1]

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

Distribution

This species occurs From Senegal to Ghana. Most specimens come from Ghana (mouth of the Whin River, Busua Beach). Also found in Ivory Coast. It seems to be an euryhaline species, commonly found in estuaries but adapted to a wide range of salinities. [2]

References

  1. ^ Terzer G. (1992). Two new species of the genus Agaronia from the Gulf of Guinea and from the Sulu Sea. La Conchiglia .. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Agaronia razetoi Terzer, 1992. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  • Nolf, F. & Hubrecht, S. (2024). A survey of the genus Agaronia in the West African waters, including the description of a new species. Neptunea. 17(2): 14-40.


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