Diodora jukesii

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Diodora jukesii
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Top view and basal view of a shell of Diodora jukesii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. jukesii
Binomial name
Diodora jukesii
(Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
  • Diodora fimbriata Reeve, 1850
  • Diodora nigropunctata Thiele, 1930
  • Diodora plicifera Thiele, 1930
  • Elegidion occiduusCotton, B.C. 1930
  • Fissurella fimbriata Reeve, L.A. 1850
  • Fissurella jukesii Reeve, 1850 (original combination)
  • Fissurella similisSowerby, 1862

Diodora jukesii, common name Jukes' keyhole limpet, 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 23 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia .

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References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607793 on 2012-12-31
  2. Australian Faunal Directory

Further reading