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Say's Keyhole Limpet

Diodora sayi

Classification

Diodora sayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. Description (Original description) The deep-water specimens of Fissurella (Cremides) alternata var. sayi (synonym of Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822) ) are generally smaller, of an olivaceous cast, and with the color rays very faint or entirely absent.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 2