Zeidora candida

Zeidora candida
Zeidora candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Zeidora
Species: Z. candida
Binomial name
Zeidora candida
(A. Adams, 1851)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clypidina candida A. Adams, 1851
  • Nesta candida A. Adams, 1870

Zeidora candida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]

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Description

The size of the shell is 4 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Persian Gulf and along Réunion

References

  1. ^ a b Zeidora candida (A. Adams, 1851).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=577661  on 27 July 2011.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp.

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