Diodora elizabethae
| Diodora elizabethae | |
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| 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
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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 | |
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| WoRMS | 599733 |
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