Diodora elevata
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| Diodora elevata | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Diodora |
| Species: | D. elevata
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| Binomial name | |
| Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846)
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Diodora elevata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]
Description
[edit | edit source]The size off the shell reaches 18 mm.
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Distribution
[edit | edit source]This marine species occurs off South Africa from Saldanha Bay to North Transkei.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ 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
- ^ Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
External links
[edit | edit source]- World Register of Marine Species
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