Diodora calyculata
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Diodora |
Species: | D. calyculata
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Binomial name | |
Diodora calyculata (Sowerby, 1823)
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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.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Cape Agulhas to South Transkei, South Africa
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- Trew, A., 1983. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. Parts 19, 20 & 21. Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea and Patellacea.
External links[]
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Diodora calyculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1823
- Fissurellidae stubs