Diodora demartiniorum

Diodora demartiniorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Diodorini
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. demartiniorum
Binomial name
Diodora demartiniorum
Buzzurro & Russo, 2004 [1]

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This species was found in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off Djerba, Tunisia.

References

  1. Buzzurro G. & Russo P., 2005 : Notes and comments on the Mediterranean species of the genus Diodora Gray, 1821 (Archeogastropoda, Fissurellidae) with a description of a new species Triton 10: 1-9
  2. Diodora demartiniorum Buzzurro & Russo, 2004.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 January 2013.

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