Diodora aguayoi
| Diodora aguayoi | |
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| Diodora aguayoi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Emarginullinae |
| Tribe: | Diodorini |
| 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
- ↑ Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1-20
- ↑ 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
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