Diodora aguayoi

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

Diodora aguayoi
Diodora aguayoi
Scientific classification
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Diodorini
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D. aguayoi
Binomial name
Diodora aguayoi

Description

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

  1. Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1–20
  2. 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
  • "Diodora aguayoi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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