Diodora australis
Appearance
Diodora australis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Diodora |
Species: | D. australis
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Binomial name | |
Diodora australis (Krauss, 1848)
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Diodora australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
[edit]The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs from Port Alfred, South Africa to Mozambique
References
[edit]- ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora australis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599264 on 2012-12-31
- ^ Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
- Trew, A., 1983. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. Parts 19, 20 & 21. Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea and Patellacea.
External links
[edit]- World Register of Marine Species
- "Diodora australis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.