Biology:Diodora elizabethae

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diodora elizabethae
Diodora elizabethae 001.jpg
Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. elizabethae
Binomial name
Diodora elizabethae
(Smith, 1901)

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

Description

Ventral view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae

The size of the shell reaches 45 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from False Bay to Southern KwaZuluNatal

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora elizabethae (E. A. Smith, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599733 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 ☰ Q5279122 entry