Diodora

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Diodora
Keyhole limpet 01.jpg
Shells of Diodora cayenensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Gray, 1821
Type species
Diodora graeca apertura (f) Montagu, G., 1803
Species

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Synonyms [1]
  • AustroglyphisCotton & Godfrey, 1934
  • CapilunaGray, 1857
  • Diodora (Diodora)Gray, 1821
  • ElegidionIredale, 1924
  • FissurideaSwainson, 1840
  • Glyphis Carpenter, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of GlyphisAgassiz, 1843)
  • MonodilepasFinlay, H.J. 1926

Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae. [1]

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Life habits

Like all other fissurellids, Diodora species are herbivores, and use the radula to scrape algae from rocks. An exception is D. apertura, which grazes on sponges [2] [3] such as Hymeniacidon . [4]

Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at or near the apex.

Species

Species in this genus include: [5]

Diodora elizabethae Diodora elizabethae 001.jpg
Diodora elizabethae
Diodora saturnalis Diodora saturnalis 002.jpg
Diodora saturnalis
Diodora patagonica Diodora patagonica001.jpg
Diodora patagonica

Synonyms:

Diodora lineata Diodora lineata.jpg
Diodora lineata

Further species include [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora J. E. Gray, 1821. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138011 on 21 May 2012
  2. Morton, J. E. (1958). "Torsion and the adult snail: a re-evaluation". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 33 (1): 2–10. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064794.
  3. Graham, A. (1955). "Molluscan diets". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 31 (3–4): 144–158. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064734.
  4. Fretter, V. (2009). "Observation on the life history and functional morphology of Cerithiopsis tubercularis (Montagu) and Triphora perversa (L.)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 29 (3): 567–586. doi:10.1017/S0025315400052784. S2CID   55782668.
  5. Malacolog list of Western Atlantic Diodora species at: . accessed 21 September 2009.
  6. G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya . 3 (4): 71–75.
  7. Discover Life : Diodora