Agaronia Gray 1839 (olive snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae

Alternative spelling: Olivancillaria (Agaronia)

Parent taxon: Agaroninae according to W. D. Allmon and D. S. Friend 2023

See also Adegoke 1977, Dey 1961, Harris and Palmer 1947, Harzhauser et al. 2009, Mukerjee 1939, Olsson 1931, Olsson 1942, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Wenz 1938, Woodring 1964 and Woods 1922

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Agaronia alabamensis Agaronia antisana Agaronia bombylis Agaronia cotapaxi Agaronia harrisi Agaronia hiatula Agaronia media Agaronia mississippiensis Agaronia nebula Agaronia pupa Agaronia saxosa Agaronia testacea Agaronia togoensis Agaronia vicana Olivancillaria (Agaronia) hiatula Olivancillaria (Agaronia) peruviana

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Type: Voluta hiatula

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Mexico (2)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), Panama (2), United States (2: California)

• Miocene of Colombia (2), Ecuador (2), France (2), India (6), Indonesia (5), Pakistan (4), Panama (15), Peru (2), Sri Lanka (1), Venezuela (2)

• Oligocene of Colombia (1), Ecuador (1), Mexico (5), United States (12: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Colombia (3), Peru (6), United States (112: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), United States (41: Alabama, Texas)

Total: 235 collections including 256 occurrences

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