Diodora elizabethae
Diodora elizabethae | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
Genus: | Diodora |
Species: | D. elizabethae
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Binomial name | |
Diodora elizabethae (Smith, 1901)
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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[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Diodora_elizabethae_002.jpg/220px-Diodora_elizabethae_002.jpg)
Ventral view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae
The size of the shell reaches 45 mm.
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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[]
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Diodora elizabethae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Categories:
- Fissurellidae
- Gastropods described in 1901
- Fissurellidae stubs