''Agariste'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Agariste Monterosato, 1892. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=874971 on 2020-11-01]
Species
* ''
Agariste compressa''
(Cantraine, 1835) †
* ''
Agariste juliencilisi''
Landau & Marquet, 2003 †
* ''
Agariste phrygium''
(Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)
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
Monterosato T. A. (di) (1892 (gennaio)). Note sur l'Emarginula compressa, Cantraine. Journal de Conchyliologie 40 (1): 78-81
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Fissurellidae
Gastropod genera