Diodora calyculata

Diodora calyculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. calyculata
Binomial name
Diodora calyculata
(Sowerby I, 1823)
Diodora calyculata (Sowerby, 1823). Naturalis

Diodora calyculata 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 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Cape Agulhas to South Transkei, South Africa

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora calyculata (Sowerby I, 1823). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599417 on 2012-12-31
  2. Christiaens, J. 1980. The limpets of Hong Kong with descriptions of seven new species and subspecies. Pp. 61-84 in B. Morton (ed.), Proceedings of the First International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China.

External links

External identifiers for Diodora calyculata
WoRMS 599417


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