Diodora aguayoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell reaches 22 mm. This sea snail is a broadcast spawner beginning as embryos maturing into planktonic trocophore larvae then juvenile veligers and finally becoming fully grown adults.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and off Bermuda and Barbados at depths of 50-823m.
References
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. GarcÃÂa. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579âÂÂ699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of MexicoâÂÂOrigins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 57
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