Diodora dysoni

Diodora dysoni
A shell of Diodora dysoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginullinae
Tribe: Diodorini
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. dysoni
Binomial name
Diodora dysoni
(Reeve, 1850) [1]

Diodora dysoni, common name Dyson's keyhole limpet, is a species of small sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas to Brazil.

References

  1. Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Fissurella. Conchologia Iconica 6: pls. 9-16
  2. Diodora dysoni (Reeve, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2013.
Diodora dysoni, side view

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