Agagus stellamaris is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2][3]
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| Shell of Agagus stellamaris (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Trochidae |
| Genus: | Agagus |
| Species: | A. stellamaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Agagus stellamaris Herbert, 1991[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 10 mm.
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and off East Africa.
References
edit- ^ Herbert D.G. (1991) A revision of the genus Agagus Jousseaume, 1894 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Natural History 25: 883-900.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-11-23.
- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Agagus stellamaris Herbert, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567704 on 2012-11-23
- ^ Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
External links
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