Diodora canariensis
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(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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Species: | D. canariensis
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Diodora canariensis Verstraeten & Nolf, 2007 [1]
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Diodora canariensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
Description
The size of the shell reaches 8 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.
References
- ^ Verstraeten J. & Nolf F., 2007: Study of a Canary Island species of the genus Diodora Gray, 1821 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) resulting in the description of a new species. Neptunea 6(3): 1-12
- ^ Diodora canariensis Verstraeten & Nolf, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
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