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

Diodora saturnalis
Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. saturnalis
Binomial name
Diodora saturnalis
(Carpenter, 1864)
Lateral view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS (2012). Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575114 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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