Diodora aguayoi
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Diodora aguayoi Pérez Farfante, 1943 [1]
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Diodora aguayoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
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The size of the shell reaches 22 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off Bermuda and Barbados.
References
- ^ Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1–20
- ^ Diodora aguayoi Pérez Farfante, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2013.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 57
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External links
- "Diodora aguayoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.