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Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet
Diodora lincolnensis (Cotton, 1930)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Lepetellida »  family Fissurellidae - Keyhole Limpets »  genus Diodora

Scientific synonyms

Austroglyphis lincolnensis Cotton, 1930

Images

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Jan Delsing

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Jan Delsing

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Jan Delsing

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Jan Delsing

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Cotton, B.C.

Diodora lincolnensis - Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet

Author: Shellauction

Taxon in country check-lists*

Asia: Indonesia, Oceania: Australia

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Port Lincoln Keyhole Limpet. Shell ovale, wider posteriorly, elevated, conical, perforation rectangular and small; yellowish to golden and blue within the interstices; radial ribs 18, prominent and larger posteriorly with one smaller interstitial radia between the 12 anterior major radials and two between the six posterior; concentric laminae 18, less prominent and intersecting the radials; internal callus typical. Animal is yellowish-orange completely contained by the more whitish shell which is centrally placed; mantle filaments projecting from the deep shell radials which form acute notches on the margin of the shell and corresponding narrow grooves internally; below these the mantle forms a skirt and beneath this is a row of epipodial filaments. Diameters 41 mm., and 29.2 mm., height 18 mm.
Cotton, B.C., 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [e5cca86e-06b1-494c-8a7a-448e1a4b81fb]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Diodora lincolnensis (Cotton, 1930)]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Diodora lincolnensis Cotton, 1930]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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