Agariste phrygium
Species of gastropod
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Agariste phrygium is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]
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| Agariste phrygium | |
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| Shell of Agariste phrygium (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginulinae |
| Genus: | Agariste |
| Species: | A. phrygium |
| Binomial name | |
| Agariste phrygium | |
| Synonyms | |
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Emarginula phrygium Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 (original combination) | |
Description
The height 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.
