Zeidora bigelowi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[1]
| Zeidora bigelowi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Genus: | Zeidora |
| Species: | Z. bigelowi
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| Binomial name | |
| Zeidora bigelowi Pérez Farfante, 1947
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 2.5 mm, its height 1 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Cuba at a depth between 320 m and 420 m.
References edit
- ^ Zeidora bigelowi Pérez Farfante, 1947. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
External links edit
- Pérez Farfante, I. (1947). The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2: 93-148
- Aldea, C.; Zelaya, D. G. & Troncoso, J. S. (2011). A new gigantic species of Zeidora Adams, 1860 from Antarctic waters (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). The Nautilus. 125(2): 79-82.