Agaronia propatula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.
Description (Original description) The shell is ovate-oblong and slightly swollen towards the base. It is pale ochraceous in color. The shell is adorned with sparse longitudinal zigzag brown lines and darker transverse hair-like lines, along with scattered spots. The rim is spread out and prominently grooved underneath. The base of the shell shows a carinated midsection with a deposited substance.Conrad, T. A. (1849). Descriptions of new fresh water and marine shells. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 4: 152-156.
Distribution This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Central America and the coasts of Colombia and Ecuador.
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Cyrus, Ariel Z.; Peters, Winfried S.. The cannibalistic snail Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca) is reluctant to feed on autotomized ‘tails’ of conspecifics. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 2014 09.