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 | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Diodora |
Species: | D. saturnalis
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Binomial name | |
Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864)
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References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
edit- Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
- USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- ITIS
- World Register of Marine Species