{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Speciesbox | image = Diodora dysoni001.jpg | image_caption = A shell of ''Diodora dysoni'' | genus = Diodora | species = dysoni | authority = (Reeve, 1850) <ref>Reeve, L. 1850. ''Monograph of the genus Fissurella''. Conchologia Iconica 6: pls. 9–16</ref> | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = }}
'''''Diodora dysoni''''', common name '''Dyson's keyhole limpet''', is a species of small sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|419339|''Diodora dysoni'' (Reeve, 1850)||8 January 2013}}</ref>
==Description== The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 28 mm.
The attribute of ''Diodora dysoni'' include, a benthos functional type. ''Diodora dysoni'' is a predator that feeds on sessile prey, including Porifera.<ref name="WoRMS" /> {{Expand section|date=January 2013}}
==Distribution== This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean from the Bahamas to Brazil.
==References== {{Reflist}} * Dall, W. H. 1927. ''Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum''. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668): 1–11 * Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. ''Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada''. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 58 * Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. thumb|225px|''Diodora dysoni,'' side view
==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=4618|title=''Diodora dysoni''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Diodora Category:Gastropods described in 1850 Category:Taxa named by Lovell Augustus Reeve
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