Diodora variegata

Author
Sowerby II, 1862
Common Names
  • Variegate Keyhole Limpet
  • Variegated Keyhole Limpet

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
6 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Bahamas to Virgin Ids.; Panama
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • coral reef
  • herbivore
  • hard substrate
References

  • Chavez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

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

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr. 1974. Ecological and Geographical Distribution of Mollusca of Lobos and Enmedio Coral Reefs, Southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. xii + 157 + [i]

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, 05-04-2024.

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