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Diodora
Sign in to saveDiodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.
Species
Rough Keyhole Limpet
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLepetellida
- FamilyFissurellidae
Habitatmarine
Observations3,335
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,706
- With media
- 88
- Family
- Fissurellidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, LACM, SDNHM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Papua New Guinea, United States, Chile, France, South Africa, Croatia, Puerto Rico, Algeria
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Diodorinae
- Image
- Keyhole limpet 01.jpg
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- Commons category
- Diodora
- taxon name
- Diodora
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Diodora
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Life habits
- Species
- References
- External links
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.
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