Biology:Diodora australis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diodora australis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. australis
Binomial name
Diodora australis
(Krauss, 1848)

Diodora australis 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 13 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from Port Alfred, South Africa to Mozambique

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora australis (Krauss, 1848). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599264 on 2012-12-31
  2. Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5279106 entry