Agaronia travassosi

Agaronia travassosi
Shell of Agaronia travassosi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Olividae
Genus:	Agaronia
Species:	A. travassosi
Binomial name
Agaronia travassosi Lange de Morretes, 1938[1]
Synonyms
Agaronia lanei Morretes, 1938 junior subjective synonym

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

Description

This species attains a size of 60 mm.

Distribution

Continental shelf, offshore São Paulo state, Brazil
sometimes trawled by shrimpers at 40–70 metres depth.

References

1. de Morretes L. (1938). Duas especies novas de molluscos marinhos do Brasil. Livro Jubilar do Professor Lauro Travassos Page 330, pl. 1, figs. 2-5.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
2. Agaronia travassosi Lange de Morretes, 1938. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 April 2010.

External links

• Gernet M. de V., Belz C.E., Birckolz C.J., Simone L.R.L. & Parellada C.I. (2018). A contribuição de Frederico Lange de Morretes para a malacologia brasileira. Arquivos de Zoologia. 49(3): 153-165