Diodora saturnalis
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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Fissurelloidea |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Diodora |
| Species: | D. saturnalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864) | |
Lateral view of a shell of Diodora saturnalis
References
- 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
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
- To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
- To ITIS
- To World Register of Marine Species
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