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Diodora

Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet 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.

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

Further species include

References

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  • Gray, J.E. 1857. Guide to the Systematic Distribution of the Mollusca in the British Museum. London : British Museum Trustees 230 pp.
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  • Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179-279, pls 33-36
  • Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23
  • Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. South Australian Shells. Part 10. South Australian Naturalist 15(2): 41-56
  • Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp.
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  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp.&nbsp;180–213
  • Aktipis, S.W., Boehm, E. & Giribet, G. 2011. Another step towards understanding the slit-limpets (Fissurellidae, Fissurelloidea, Vetigastropoda, Gastropoda): a combined five-gene molecular phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 40(3): 238-259

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