Biology:Diodora aguayoi

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diodora aguayoi
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Diodora aguayoi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. aguayoi
Binomial name
Diodora aguayoi
Pérez Farfante, 1943 [1]

Diodora aguayoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Description

The size of the shell reaches 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off Bermuda and Barbados.

References

  1. Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1–20
  2. Diodora aguayoi Pérez Farfante, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2013.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 57

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3141680 entry