| Diodora elevata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Fissurellinae |
| Genus: | Diodora |
| Species: | D. elevata
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| Binomial name | |
| Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846)
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Diodora elevata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.12
Description
The size off the shell reaches 18 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa from Saldanha Bay to North Transkei.
References
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2012). Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599732 on 2012-12-31
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
External links
External links
- World Register of Marine Species
- "Diodora elevata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.