Agariste phrygium

Agariste phrygium
	Shell of Agariste phrygium (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginulinae
Genus:	Agariste
Species:	A. phrygium
Binomial name
	Agariste phrygium; (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)
Synonyms
	Emarginula phrygium Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 (original combination)

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

Description

The heigth of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its base measures 9.0 mm x 6.1 mm. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off KwaZulu-Natal, Walters Shoal and the eastern seaboard of South Africa at depths between 420 m and 599 m.

References

^ Herbert D.G. & Kilburn R.N. (1986). Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta, and Rimula. South Africa Journal of Zoology 21(1):1-27.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Agariste phrygium (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460878 on 2020-11-01
^ Herbert D.G. (2024). "The Vetigastropoda (Mollusca) of Walters Shoal, with descriptions of two new genera and thirty new species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 923: 1–119. Retrieved 31 October 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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.

External links

Herbert D.G. & Kilburn R.N. (1986). Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta, and Rimula. South Africa Journal of Zoology. 21(1):1-27

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[1] Herbert D.G. & Kilburn R.N. (1986). Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta, and Rimula. South Africa Journal of Zoology 21(1):1-27.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Agariste phrygium (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1460878 on 2020-11-01

[3] Herbert D.G. (2024). "The Vetigastropoda (Mollusca) of Walters Shoal, with descriptions of two new genera and thirty new species". European Journal of Taxonomy. 923: 1–119. Retrieved 31 October 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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