Diodora australis

Diodora australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. australis
Binomial name
Diodora australis
(Krauss, 1848)

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

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Port Alfred, South Africa to Mozambique

References

  1. 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
  2. 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.

External links

External identifiers for Diodora australis
WoRMS 599264


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