Diodora minuta
| Diodora minuta | |
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| Diodora minuta shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Diodora |
| Species: | D. minuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822) | |
Diodora minuta, known as the dwarf keyhole limpet or minute keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1][2][3] Found in southeast Florida and the West Indies, they can grow up to 0.5 inches (13 mm).[3]
References
- ↑ Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Diehl, Fred; Mellon, DeForest; Garrett, Reginald H.; Elliott, Nancy (1988). Field Guide to the Invertebrates of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Bahamian Field Station. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-935909-17-3.
- 1 2 Warmke, Germaine Le Clerc; Abbott, Robert Tucker (1961). Caribbean Seashells: A Guide to the Marine Mollusks of Puerto Rico and Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda and the Lower Florida Keys. Livingston Publishing Company. p. 38.