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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