Diodora cayenensis

Diodora cayenensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Diodora
Species:	D. cayenensis
Binomial name
	Diodora cayenensis; (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
	Diodora microsticta Dall, 1927; Fissurella alternata Say, 1822; Fissurella cayenensis Lamarck, 1822 (original combination); Fissurella fumata Reeve, 1850; Fissurella larva Reeve, 1850; Fissurella viminea Reeve, 1850; Glyphis alternata (Say, 1822); Lucapina cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822);

Diodora cayenensis, the Cayenne keyhole limpet, is a species of small to medium-sized sea snail or limpet, a western Atlantic marine prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

This species is named after Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana. The spelling using one "n" is original and is therefore retained.

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