Diodora arcuata

Diodora arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Diodorini
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. arcuata
Binomial name
Diodora arcuata
(Sowerby, G.B. II, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Glyphis arcuata (Sowerby II, 1862)
  • Fissurella arcuata Sowerby II, 1862 (original combination)

Diodora arcuata, common name the arcuate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

Diodora arcuata is found in the western Atlantic Ocean (off the Bahamas and Florida).,[2] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. Diodora arcuata (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1862).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2013.
  2. "ITIS Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

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