Biology:Diodora elevata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diodora elevata
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.300982 - Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846) - Fissurellidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. elevata
Binomial name
Diodora elevata
(Dunker, 1846)

Diodora elevata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

The size off the shell reaches 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from Saldanha Bay to North Transkei.

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599732 on 2012-12-31
  2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5279119 entry