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Agaronia alabamensis (Conrad, 1833)
Nomenclature
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Subfamily: AgaroniinaeGenus: Agaronia
Species:
Agaronia alabamensis (Conrad, 1833)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Fossil shells of the Tertiary formations of North America. 1(2-4) 32, Pl. 17 fig. 1
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Synonyms: 7
SUMMARY
Distribution: Eocene of the Claiborne Group, SE USA (Alabama, Texas).
One of the earliest Agaronia recorded. The species is surprisingly similar to Oliva dubuissoni Vasseur, 1882, from the Eocene (Bartonian) of the Loire Basin, France.
RV 4386. USA, Alabama, Clarke County, No further precision [Claiborne Group, Lisbon Formation, Gosport Sand. [Eocene, Bartonian]. Scale bar is 1 cm.
RV 0089a-c. USA, Alabama, Jackson. Claiborne Group, Lisbon Formation, Gosport Sand. [Eocene, Bartonian]. Scale bar is 1 cm.