Diodora aguayoi

Diodora aguayoi
Diodora aguayoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. aguayoi
Binomial name
Diodora aguayoi

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

Description

The size of the shell reaches 22 mm. This sea snail is a broadcast spawner, with embryos maturing into planktonic trocophore larvae, followed by maturing into juvenile veligers and finally becoming fully grown adults.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off Bermuda and Barbados at depths of 50-823 m.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1–20
  2. ↑ Diodora aguayoi Pérez Farfante, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Diodora aguayoi". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 57
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