Diodora
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Diodora is a genus
of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet
in the family Fissurellidae.
An exception is D. apertura, which grazes on sponges such as Hymeniacidon
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Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at or near the apex.
Synonyms:
The World Register of Marine Species
(WoRMS) also includes the following accepted names :
Further species include
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet
Keyhole limpet
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Fissurellidae is the only family in the superfamily Fissurelloidea....
in the family Fissurellidae.
Life habits
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
Hymeniacidon
Hymeniacidon is a genus of sponges in the class Demospongiae. Some members of the genus are known to be mobile, achieving speeds of between 1 and 4mm per day.-Species:Species so far described in this genus include:...
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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:- Diodora aguayoiDiodora aguayoiDiodora aguayoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Pérez Farfante, 1943 - Diodora arcuataDiodora arcuataDiodora arcuata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Sowerby II, 1862) - Diodora asperaDiodora asperaDiodora aspera, common name the rough keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:...
(Rathke, 1833) - Diodora bermudensisDiodora bermudensisDiodora bermudensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dall & Bartsch, 1911) - Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)
- Diodora cruciferaDiodora cruciferaDiodora crucifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Pilsbry, 1890 - Diodora dysoniDiodora dysoniDiodora dysoni is a species of small sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Reeve, 1850) - Diodora fargoi Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- Diodora fluvianaDiodora fluvianaDiodora fluviana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dall, 1889) - Diodora fragilisDiodora fragilisDiodora fragilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Pérez Farfante & Henríquez, 1947 - Diodora gibberulaDiodora gibberulaDiodora gibberula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Diodora graecaDiodora graecaDiodora graeca , is a sea snail or limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.It was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 as Patella graeca .-Distribution:...
(Linnaeus, 1758) - Diodora harrassowitzi (Ihering, 1927)
- Diodora italicaDiodora italicaDiodora italica, is a sea snail or limpet, a marine prosobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Defrance, 1820) - Diodora jaumeiDiodora jaumeiDiodora jaumei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 - Diodora listeriDiodora listeriDiodora listeri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(d'Orbigny, 1847) - Diodora metaDiodora metaDiodora meta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Ihering, 1927) - Diodora minutaDiodora minutaDiodora minuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Diodora mirifica Métivier, 1972
- Diodora patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1839)
- Diodora philippianaDiodora philippianaDiodora philippiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:...
(Dunker, 1846) - Diodora quadriradiataDiodora quadriradiataDiodora quadriradiata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Reeve, 1850) - Diodora ruepelliiDiodora ruepelliiDiodora ruepellii, common name the Rüppell's keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1835) - Diodora sarasuaeDiodora sarasuaeDiodora sarasuae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Espinosa, 1984 - Diodora sayiDiodora sayiDiodora sayi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dall, 1889) - Diodora singaporensisDiodora singaporensisDiodora singaporensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-External links:*...
(Reeve, 1850) - Diodora tanneriDiodora tanneriDiodora tanneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(A. E. Verrill, 1882) - Diodora variegataDiodora variegataDiodora variegata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Sowerby II, 1862) - Diodora vetula (Woodring, 1928)
- Diodora viridulaDiodora viridulaDiodora viridula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Lamarck, 1822) - Diodora wetmoreiDiodora wetmoreiDiodora wetmorei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Pérez Farfante, 1945
Synonyms:
- Diodora philippiana (Finlay, 1930) is a synonym for Lucapina philippianaLucapina philippianaLucapina philippiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Finlay, 1930) - Diodora noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) is a synonym for Puncturella noachinaPuncturella noachinaPuncturella noachina, common name the diluvian puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-References:...
(Linnaeus, 1771)
The World Register of Marine Species
World Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
(WoRMS) also includes the following accepted names :
- Diodora canariensisDiodora canariensisDiodora canariensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Verstraeten & Naef, 2007 - Diodora candidaDiodora candidaDiodora candida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Sowerby, 1835) - Diodora demartiniorumDiodora demartiniorumDiodora demartiniorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Buzzurro & Russo, 2004 - Diodora dorsataDiodora dorsataDiodora dorsata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Monterosato, 1878) - Diodora edwardsiDiodora edwardsiDiodora edwardsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) - Diodora funiculataDiodora funiculataDiodora funiculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Reeve, 1850) - Diodora limaDiodora limaDiodora lima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1862) - Diodora menkeanaDiodora menkeanaDiodora menkeana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dunker, 1846) - Diodora natalensisDiodora natalensisDiodora natalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Krauss, 1848) - Diodora parviforataDiodora parviforataDiodora parviforata, common name the conical keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1889) - Diodora productaDiodora productaDiodora producta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Monterosato, 1880) - Diodora spretaDiodora spretaDiodora spreta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(E.A. Smith, 1901)
Further species include
- Diodora alta (C. B Adams, 1852)
- Diodora alternata Say, 1822
- Diodora arnoldi J. H. McLean, 1966
- Diodora australis Krauss
- Diodora beebei (Hertlein and Strong, 1951)
- Diodora bombayana Sowerby, 1862
- Diodora calyculata (Sowerby, 1823)
- Diodora carditella Dall
- Diodora crenifera (Sowerby, 1835)
- Diodora densiclathrata McLean, 1966
- Diodora diqueti (Mabille, 1895)
- Diodora elaborata Sowerby
- Diodora elizabethae (E. A Smith, 1901)
- Diodora fontainiana (d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Diodora fusilla S. S. Berry, 1959 (or Diodora pusilla Berry, 1959 ?)
- Diodora galeata (Helbling, 1779)
- Diodora habanensis Christiaens, 1975
- Diodora inaequalis (Sowerby, 1835)
- Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1849)
- Diodora lincolnensis (Cotton, 1930)
- Diodora lineata Sowerby, 1835
- Diodora murina Arnold, 1903
- Diodora mus (Reeve, 1850)
- Diodora nucula (Dall)
- Diodora octagona (Reeve, 1850)
- Diodora panamensis (Sowerby, 1835)
- Diodora saturnalis (Carpenter, 1864)
- Diodora sieboldi Reeve
- Diodora tenebrosa Conrad
- Diodora vola Reeve