Agaronia nebulosa
Scientific Name:-
Agaronia nebulosaCommon Name:-
Malayalam Name:-
Olive shanghukal
Category:-
Mollusca
Status:-
Not Evaluated
Description:-
Shell of medium size, upto 40mm in length, surface smooth and polished; slender and elongate, spire narrow and acutely elevated, suture deep. Sculptured with extremely fine growth lines; Aperture elongate and wider towards the lower end, columella with strong and broad callus anteriorly and weakly calloused posteriorly , columellar plaits stronger and twisted at base. Colour pinkish white ornamented with zig zag brown lines and oblique concentric streaks just below suture
Remark:-
Dey A. K. (1962) recorded a specimen of this species from Kollam beds of Kerala
Habitat:-
Sandy substrata
Synonyms:-
Oliva subulata Reeve, 1858 (from Rao, 2003)
References:-
Dey, A.K. (1962). The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India); Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Palaeontologia Indica 36: 1–129.
Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)