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Diodora

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Diodora
Shells of Diodora cayenensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Gray, 1821
Type species
Diodora graeca apertura (f) Montagu, G., 1803
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Synonyms[1]
  • Austroglyphis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934
  • Capiluna Gray, 1857
  • Diodora (Diodora) Gray, 1821
  • Elegidion Iredale, 1924
  • Fissuridea Swainson, 1840
  • Glyphis Carpenter, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Glyphis Agassiz, 1843)
  • Monodilepas Finlay, H.J. 1926

Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.[1]

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[2][3] such as Hymeniacidon.[4]

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

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