Diodora elizabethae
Dorsal view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae
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. elizabethae
Binomial name
Diodora elizabethae
(Smith, 1901)

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

Description

Ventral view of a shell of Diodora elizabethae

The size of the shell reaches 45 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from False Bay to Southern KwaZuluNatal

References

  1. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora elizabethae (E. A. Smith, 1901). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599733 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.