Diodora minuta

Author
(Lamarck, 1822)
Common Names
  • Dwarf Keyhole Limpet

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
132 meters
Overall Geographic Range
East Florida to Venezuela
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • herbivore
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
  • marine
Microhabitat
  • sand
  • reef massif
  • rock
  • patch
References

  • Boudreaux, W. W. 1987. Comparison of molluscan reef flat assemblages from four reefs of the Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Master's thesis, Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas. vi + 47 pp.

  • Pérez Farfante, I. 1943. The genus Diodora in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 1(11): 1–20.

  • Rice, W. H., and L. S. Kornicker. 1965. Mollusks from the deeper waters of the northwestern Campeche Bank, Mexico. Publications of the Institute of Marine Science 10: 108–172.

  • Sunderland, K., and L. Sunderland. 1991b. Western Atlantic Fissurellidae. American Conchologist 19(4): 14–15.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

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.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-13-2024.

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