Agariste phrygium

Agariste phrygium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]

Agariste phrygium
Shell of Agariste phrygium (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Agariste
Species:
A. phrygium
Binomial name
Agariste phrygium
(Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)[1]
Synonyms

Emarginula phrygium Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 (original combination)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal.

References

  • Landau B., Marquet R. & Grigis, M. (2003). The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 1: Vetigastropoda. Palaeontos. 3: i-ii, 1-87, pl. 1-19.


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