Diodora elizabethae

Diodora elizabethae
Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species: D. elizabethae
Binomial name
Diodora elizabethae
(E. A. 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

External identifiers for Diodora elizabethae
WoRMS 599733


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