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Diodora elevata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Diodora
Species:	D. elevata
Binomial name
Diodora elevata (Dunker, 1846)

Diodora elevata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Description

The size off the shell reaches 18 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Africa from Saldanha Bay to North Transkei.

References

1. 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
2. Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species
• "Diodora elevata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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