Diodora elevata

Diodora elevata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
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

External identifiers for Diodora elevata
WoRMS 599732


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