Diodora saturnalis

Diodora saturnalis
Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. saturnalis
Binomial name
Diodora saturnalis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Lateral view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis

Diodora saturnalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575114 on 2012-12-31
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Diodora saturnalis
ITIS 69573
WoRMS 575114


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