Diodora calyculata

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Diodora calyculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. calyculata
Binomial name
Diodora calyculata
(Sowerby, 1823)

Diodora calyculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean from Cape Agulhas to South Transkei, South Africa

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References

  1. 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
  2. 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.