WoRMS taxon details
Agaronia J. E. Gray, 1839
225055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225055)
accepted
Genus
Voluta hiatula Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
Agaronia (Anazola) J. E. Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Anazola J. E. Gray, 1858 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hiatula Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Hiatula Modeer, 1793
Ispidula J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Oliva (Hiatula) Swainson, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Olivancillaria (Agaronia) J. E. Gray, 1839 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Scaphula (Utriculina) J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Agaronia acuminata (Lamarck, 1811)
- Species Agaronia adamii Terzer, 1992
- Species Agaronia ancillarioides (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Agaronia annotata (Marrat, 1871)
- Species Agaronia bernardi Nolf & Hubrecht, 2024
- Species Agaronia biraghii P. A. Bernard & Nicolay, 1984
- Species Agaronia gibbosa (Born, 1778)
- Species Agaronia griseoalba (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Species Agaronia hiatula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Agaronia hilli Petuch, 1987
- Species Agaronia java S. K. Tan, H. E. Ng, S. Y. Chan & L. H. S. Nguang, 2019
- Species Agaronia jesuitarum Ad. López, Montoya & M. López, 1988
- Species Agaronia johnkochi Voskuil, 1990
- Species Agaronia junior (Duclos, 1840)
- Species Agaronia leonardhilli Petuch, 1987
- Species Agaronia lutaria (Röding, 1798)
- Species Agaronia maltzani (E. von Martens, 1897)
- Species Agaronia nica Ad. López, Montoya & M. López, 1988
- Species Agaronia propatula (Conrad, 1849)
- Species Agaronia razetoi Terzer, 1992
- Species Agaronia steeriae (Reeve, 1850)
- Species Agaronia sterica Simone, 2024
- Species Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811)
- Species Agaronia travassosi Lange de Morretes, 1938
- Subgenus Agaronia (Anazola) J. E. Gray, 1858 accepted as Agaronia J. E. Gray, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Agaronia johnabbasi Cilia, 2012 accepted as Agaronia johnkochi Voskuil, 1990
- Species Agaronia murrha S. S. Berry, 1953 accepted as Agaronia griseoalba (E. von Martens, 1897) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Agaronia nebulosa (Lamarck, 1822) accepted as Agaronia gibbosa (Born, 1778) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 131 [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Agaronia J. E. Gray, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225055 on 2026-05-22
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Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells. Pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: <i>The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28.</i> London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48931613
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Scaphula (Utriculina) J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Ispidula J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]
original description (of Anazola J. E. Gray, 1858) Gray, J. E. (1858). An attempt to distribute the species of olive (<i>Oliva</i>, Lamarck) into natural groups, and to define some of the species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26 (349), 38–48. (9 March); (350), 49–57. (13 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271474
page(s): 40 [9 March]; 50 [13 April] [details]
original description (of Oliva (Hiatula) Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): pl. 78 [details]
page(s): 131 [details]
original description (of Scaphula (Utriculina) J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Ispidula J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyms and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913 [details]
original description (of Anazola J. E. Gray, 1858) Gray, J. E. (1858). An attempt to distribute the species of olive (<i>Oliva</i>, Lamarck) into natural groups, and to define some of the species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 26 (349), 38–48. (9 March); (350), 49–57. (13 April)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271474
page(s): 40 [9 March]; 50 [13 April] [details]
original description (of Oliva (Hiatula) Swainson, 1831) Swainson, W. (1829-1833). Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their apparent affinities. Second series. London: Baldwin & Cradock. (Vol. 1-3): pl. 1-30 [1829] pl. 31-45 [1830] pl. 46-85 [1831] pl. 86-96 [1832] pl. 97-136 [1833]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42278
page(s): pl. 78 [details]
Other
additional source
Burch, J. Q. & Burch, R. L. (1964). The genus <i>Agaronia</i> J. E. Gray, 1839. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 77(4): 110-112, pls. 6-7, text-figs. 1-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520401#page/128/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
