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Agaronia leonardhilli

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

Description

Original description: "Shell narrow and very elongated; spire high and elevated; one-half of spire whorls covered by enamel; anterior enamel deposit two-toned in color, with posterior half being dark brown and anterior half being gray or white; aperture narrow; columella narrow, with twisted plications; shell color gray with numerous large, dark brown, zig-zag, longitudinal flammules; on dorsum, zig-zag flammules only extend down posterior half of shell, leaving wide, clear gray band around anterior half; edge of shoulder along suture marked with conspicuous, large, intermittent, dark brown patches; spire enamel grayish-brown; interior of aperture brown."[3]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Off Roatan Island, Honduras."[4]

References

  1. ^ Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. The Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ Agaronia leonardhilli Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 68. Publ: CERF
  4. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 68. Publ: CERF
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Agaronia leonardhilli: Brief Summary

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Agaronia leonardhilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.

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