Diodora fargoi

Diodora fargoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. fargoi
Binomial name
Diodora fargoi
Olsson & McGinty, 1958 [1]

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

Description

The size of the shell reaches 9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.

References

  1. ↑ Olsson, A. A. and T. L. McGinty. 1958. Recent marine mollusks from the Caribbean coast of Panama with the description of some new genera and species. Bulletins of American Paleontology 39: 1-58, pls. 1-5.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora fargoi Olsson & McGinty, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532735 on 2012-12-31

External links

External identifiers for Diodora fargoi
Encyclopedia of Life 4791717
WoRMS 532735


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