Agagus agagus

Agagus agagus
Apertural view of a shell of Agagus agagus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea (superfamily)
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Agagus
Species: A. agagus
Binomial name
Agagus agagus
Jousseaume, 1894
Synonyms
  • Gibbula (Enida) townsendi G.B. Sowerby III, 1895
  • Gibbula perspectiva G.B. Sowerby III, 1900
  • Gibbula townsendi Sowerby III, 1895
  • Notogibbula townsendi (Sowerby III, 1895)

Agagus agagus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm, its diameter 10 mm. The umbilicate shell has a depressed conical shape with a swollen base. Its color is a vivid white with green spots. It contains 6½ sharp declining whorls with longitudinal oblique striae and spiral ribs. The aperture is subquadrangular. The outer lip is sharp.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania and South Africa.

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