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Diodora gibberula (Lamarck, 1822)

Fissurella gibberula Lamarck, 1822:15 [no locality given];Reeve, 1850, vol. 6, pl. 16, species 118 [Mediterranean].

Diodora gibberula (Lamarck).—Nordsieck, 1968:13, pl. 2: fig.04.02.

PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—None.

PRESENT MATERIAL.—3 (10.6 mm) Ascension, K. M. Hutchfield; 3 (12.2 mm) ASC 10; 3 (10.9 mm) ASC 12; 3 (8.7 mm) ASC 13; 11 (8 mm) ASC 15; 1 (10.3 mm) ASC 16; 8 (6 mm) ASC 19; 1 (4.2 mm) ASC 21, R. B. Manning, May 1971.

DISTRIBUTION.—Southwest coast of Europe, Mediterranean, West Africa, and Atlantic islands (NMNH records; also Weinkauff, 1868), Ascension.

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bibliographic citation: Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189

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Diodora gibberula

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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.

Distribution

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

References

^ 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 17 December 2018.

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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Diodora gibberula: Brief Summary

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

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Habitat

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Known from seamounts and knolls

Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.

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Humped Keyhole Limpet

Diodora gibberula (Lamarck 1822)