Diodora | |
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Shells of Diodora cayenensis | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 | |
See text | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae. [1]
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 in this genus include: [5]
Synonyms:
Further species include [7]