Diodora aspera

Diodora aspera
Diodora aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Diodorini
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. aspera
Binomial name
Diodora aspera
(Rathke, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Fissurella aspera Rathke, 1833 (original combination)

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

It is host to the ectoparasite Anthessius nortoni Illg, 1960 [1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 36 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Mexico.

Diodora aspera, underside

References

  1. 1 2 3 Diodora aspera (Rathke, 1833).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2013.

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