Diodora levicostata

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Diodora levicostata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. levicostata
Binomial name
Diodora levicostata
(Smith, 1914)
Synonyms [1]
  • Diodora (Diodora) levicostata(Smith, 1914)
  • Fissurella sculpturataTurton, 1932
  • Glyphis levicostata Smith, 1914

Diodora levicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora levicostata (E. A. Smith, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572107 on 2012-12-31
  2. Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs.
  3. Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.