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Diodora calyculata

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Diodora calyculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
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]

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

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  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.
  • Trew, A., 1983. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales. Parts 19, 20 & 21. Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea and Patellacea.
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  • World Register of Marine Species
  • "Diodora calyculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.