Diodora elevata

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Diodora elevata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. elevata
Binomial name
Diodora elevata
(Dunker, 1846)

Diodora elevata 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 off the shell reaches 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from Saldanha Bay to North Transkei.

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References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599732 on 2012-12-31
  2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.