Diodora minuta

Diodora minuta
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 East Indies, they can grow up to 0.5 inches (13 mm).[3]

References

  1. ^ Diodora minuta (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b 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.