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Diodora

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Fissurellidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Fissurelloidea

Scientific name
  
Diodora

Higher classification
  
Fissurellidae

Diodora Diodora aspera Wikipedia

Lower classifications
  
Cayenne keyhole limpet, Diodora dysoni

diodora demartiniorum buzzurro russo 2004 george moraitis 4 9 2014


Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.

Contents

Diodora being poked and prodded ignored by pycnopodia


Life habits

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Like all other fissurellids, Diodora species are herbivores, and use the radula to scrape algae from rocks. An exception is D. apertura, which grazes on sponges such as Hymeniacidon.

Diodora Diodoragraeca4jpg

Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at or near the apex.

Species

Species in this genus include:

Synonyms:

Diodora Diodora cayenensis

  • Diodora fimbriata Reeve, 1850 : synonym of Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora natalensis (Krauss, 1848): synonym of Fissurella natalensis Krauss, 1848
  • Diodora nigropunctata Thiele, 1930: synonym of Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora noachina (Linnaeus, 1771): synonym of Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)
  • Diodora octogona [sic]: synonym of Diodora octagona (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora ovalis Thiele, 1930: synonym of Diodora singaporensis (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora philippiana (Finlay, 1930): synonym of Lucapina philippiana (Finlay, 1930)
  • Diodora plicifera Thiele, 1930: synonym of Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora reevei Schepman, 1908: synonym of Diodora octagona (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora ruppellii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835): synonym of Diodora rueppellii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  • Diodora rugosa Thiele, 1930: synonym of Diodora lineata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1835)

    • Further species include

    Diodora Fissurellidae pictures

  • Diodora alternata Say, 1822
  • Diodora beebei (Hertlein and Strong, 1951)
  • Diodora bombayana Sowerby, 1862
  • Diodora carditella Dall
  • Diodora crenifera (Sowerby, 1835)
  • Diodora densiclathrata McLean, 1966
  • Diodora elaborata Sowerby
  • Diodora fusilla S. S. Berry, 1959 (or Diodora pusilla Berry, 1959 ?)
  • Diodora habanensis Christiaens, 1975
  • Diodora murina Arnold, 1903
  • Diodora mus (Reeve, 1850)
  • Diodora nucula (Dall)
  • Diodora semilunata (Habe, 1953)
  • Diodora suprapunicea (Otuka, 1937)
  • Diodora tenebrosa Conrad
  • Diodora vola Reeve

    • References

    Diodora Wikipedia
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