Diodora arcuata | |
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Diodora Arcuata (Sowerby, 1862) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Genus: | Diodora |
Species: | D. arcuata |
Binomial name | |
Diodora arcuata (Sowerby II, 1862) | |
Synonyms | |
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Diodora arcuata, common name the arcuate limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.
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Diodora arcuata is found in the western Atlantic Ocean (off the Bahamas and Florida)., [2] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
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