| Zeidora nesta | |
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| Shells of Zeidora nesta (holotype) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Zeidora |
| Species: | Z. nesta |
| Binomial name | |
| Zeidora nesta (Pilsbry, 1890) | |
| Synonyms | |
Zeidora nesta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1]
The length of the shell is 5.5 mm, its height 1.3 mm.
(Original description) The thin, snowy-white shell is oblong-oval. It is beautifully decussated with elevated very delicate concentric and radiating lirulae. The; dorsal sulcus has distinct sides, transversely striated. The front fissure is strong. The margin of the aperture is a little thickened behind and delicately crenulated all around. [2]
This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion
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