Study of a Canary Island species of the genus Diodora Gray, 1821 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae) resulting in the description of a new species
Verstraeten, J.; Nolf, F. (2007). Study of a Canary Island species of the genus Diodora Gray, 1821 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae) resulting in the description of a new species. Neptunea 6(3): 1-12 In: Neptunea. Belgische Vereniging voor Conchyliologie, Afdeling Kust: De Haan. ISSN 1378-2029, more | |
Keywords | Classification > Taxonomy Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species Diodora canariensis Verstraeten & Nolf, 2007 [WoRMS]; Fissurellidae J. Fleming, 1822 [WoRMS]; Gastropoda [WoRMS] A, Atlantic [Marine Regions]; Canary I. [Marine Regions] Marine/Coastal |
Abstract | A particular and distinctive species of the genus Diodora, confined to the Canary Islands (Macaronesia), is discussed and compared with Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822), a species with a large distribution along the east American coasts. |
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