Diodora canariensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Diodora canariensis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Vetigastropoda
Order:  | Lepetellida
Family:  | Fissurellidae
Genus:  | Diodora
Species:  |

D. canariensis

Binomial name
Diodora canariensis

Verstraeten & Nolf, 2007 [1]

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

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

The size of the shell reaches 8 mm.

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands.

## References

1. ↑ Verstraeten J. & Nolf F., 2007: Study of a Canary Island species of the genus Diodora Gray, 1821 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) resulting in the description of a new species. Neptunea 6(3): 1–12
2. ↑ Diodora canariensis Verstraeten & Nolf, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

## External links

* "Diodora canariensis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_55828.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q5279110 entry

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