Diodora arcuata, common name the arcuate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Diodora |
| Species: | D. arcuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Diodora arcuata (Sowerby II, 1862)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.
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Distribution
editDiodora arcuata is found in the western Atlantic Ocean (off the Bahamas and Florida).,[2] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
References
edit- ^ Diodora arcuata (Sowerby, G.B. II, 1862). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2013.
- ^ "ITIS Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- 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
- 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
External links
edit- "Diodora arcuata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.