Diodora gibberula

Diodora gibberula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginullinae
Tribe:	Diodorini
Genus:	Diodora
Species:	D. gibberula
Binomial name
*Diodora gibberula* (Lamarck, 1822) ^[1]
Synonyms^[2]
Diodora graeca auct.non Linnaeus, C., 1758 Diodora menkeana auct.non Dunker, R.W., 1853 Fissurella gibba Philippi 1836 Fissurella gibberula Lamarck 1822 (original combination) Fissurella gibberula var. elongata Pallary 1900 Fissurella gibberula var. major Pallary 1900 Fissurella philippiana Dunker 1846

Diodora gibberula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 21 mm.

This marine species occurs from France to West Africa and the Cape Verdes; in the Mediterranean Sea.

↑ Lamarck ([J.-B. M.] de), 1815-1822: Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres', Paris [vol. 5: Paris, Deterville/Verdière] [vol. 6 published by the Author]; 7 vol. [I molluschi sono compresi nei vol. 5-7. Vol. 5 (Les Conchiferes): 612 pp. [25 luglio 1818]. Vol. 6 (1) (Suite): 343 pp. [1819]. Vol. 6 (2) (Suite): 232 pp. [1822]. Vol. 7: (Suite): 711 pp. 1822
↑ CLEMAM: Diodora gibberula
↑ Diodora gibberula (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2013.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.

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