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

Diodora fontainiana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. fontainiana
Binomial name
Diodora fontainiana
(d'Orbigny, 1841)

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Peru.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2012). Diodora fontainiana (d'Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575108 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.
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