WoRMS taxon details
Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
225057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225057)
accepted
Species
Oliva agaronia Duclos, 1844 · unaccepted
Oliva ancillaria Lamarck, 1811 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oliva hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) · unaccepted
Oliva hiatula var. maculifera E. von Martens, 1897 · unaccepted > junior homonym (suspected synonym)
Oliva nitelina Duclos, 1835 · unaccepted
Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3442 [details]
page(s): 3442 [details]
Distribution From Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe Island), except the Cape Verde Islands, in shallow water at...
Distribution From Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe Island), except the Cape Verde Islands, in shallow water at depths of 1 to 10 m. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225057 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3442 [details]
original description (of Oliva nitelina Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive</i>. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12, 4bis [November 1835], pls 13-33, 18bis [March 1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561
page(s): pl. 4 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Oliva agaronia Duclos, 1844) Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). <i>Oliva</i>. In J.C. Chenu, <i>Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes</i>: 5-28 [1844]; 29-31, pls 1-36 [1845]; 1-4 [1848].
page(s): 9 [1844]; pl. 3 figs 15-16, pl. 5 figs 17-18 [1845] [details]
original description (of Oliva hiatula var. maculifera E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14194430
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Oliva ancillaria Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Tarrière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Olive (<i>Oliva</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 16: 300-328., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3547431
page(s): 325 [details]
basis of record Nolf, F.; Hubrecht, S. (2024). A survey of the genus <i>Agaronia</i> in the West African waters, including the description of a new species. <em>Neptunea.</em> 17 (2): 14-40.
page(s): 18, pl. 9 figs 65-72, pl. 10 figs 73-78 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 3442 [details]
original description (of Oliva nitelina Duclos, 1835) Duclos, P. L. (1835-1840). <i>Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile publiée par monographie. Genre Olive</i>. Paris: Institut de France. 33 plates: pls 1-12, 4bis [November 1835], pls 13-33, 18bis [March 1840]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200561
page(s): pl. 4 figs 11-12 [details]
original description (of Oliva agaronia Duclos, 1844) Duclos P.L. (1844-1848). <i>Oliva</i>. In J.C. Chenu, <i>Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes</i>: 5-28 [1844]; 29-31, pls 1-36 [1845]; 1-4 [1848].
page(s): 9 [1844]; pl. 3 figs 15-16, pl. 5 figs 17-18 [1845] [details]
original description (of Oliva hiatula var. maculifera E. von Martens, 1897) Martens, E. von. (1897). Conchologische Miscellen II. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 63(1): 157-180, pls 15-17., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14194430
page(s): 163 [details]
original description (of Oliva ancillaria Lamarck, 1811) Lamarck [J.B.M.de]. (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Tarrière (<i>Terebellum</i>), Ancillaire (<i>Ancillaria</i>), Olive (<i>Oliva</i>). <em>Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.</em> 16: 300-328., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3547431
page(s): 325 [details]
basis of record Nolf, F.; Hubrecht, S. (2024). A survey of the genus <i>Agaronia</i> in the West African waters, including the description of a new species. <em>Neptunea.</em> 17 (2): 14-40.
page(s): 18, pl. 9 figs 65-72, pl. 10 figs 73-78 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Allmon, W. D.; Friend, D. S. (2023). Review and revision of the Olivoidea (Neogastropoda) from the Paleocene and Eocene of the U.S. Gulf Coastal Plain. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 97(S91): 1-42., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.79 [details] Available for editors
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From editor or global species database
Distribution From Mauritania to Nigeria into the Gulf of Guinea (Principe Island), except the Cape Verde Islands, in shallow water at depths of 1 to 10 m. [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Conchology (Agaronia hiatula)
To Malacopics (Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) Guinea, Coyah, Conakry, at 1 m depth, collected 199...
To Malacopics (Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Ziguinchor, Casamance, at 2 m depth, colle...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-1085) (from synonym Oliva agaronia Duclos, 1844)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-1327) (from synonym Oliva nitelina Duclos, 1835)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Conchology (Agaronia hiatula)
To Malacopics (Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) Guinea, Coyah, Conakry, at 1 m depth, collected 199...
To Malacopics (Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) Senegal, Ziguinchor, Casamance, at 2 m depth, colle...
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-1085) (from synonym Oliva agaronia Duclos, 1844)
To MNHN Type collection (IM 2000-1327) (from synonym Oliva nitelina Duclos, 1835)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection