Agariste phrygium explained

Agariste phrygium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[1]

Description

The height of the shell attains 8.3 mm, its base measures 9.0 mm x 6.1 mm. ^[2]

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

• 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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. Herbert D.G. . The Vetigastropoda (Mollusca) of Walters Shoal, with descriptions of two new genera and thirty new species . European Journal of Taxonomy . 2024 . 923 . 1-119 . 31 October 2024.