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Diodora jukesii

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Diodora jukesii
Top view and basal view of a shell of Diodora jukesii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. jukesii
Binomial name
Diodora jukesii
(Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diodora fimbriata Reeve, 1850
  • Diodora nigropunctata Thiele, 1930
  • Diodora plicifera Thiele, 1930
  • Elegidion occiduus Cotton, B.C. 1930
  • Fissurella fimbriata Reeve, L.A. 1850
  • Fissurella jukesii Reeve, 1850 (original combination)
  • Fissurella similis Sowerby, 1862

Diodora jukesii, common name Jukes' keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia .

References

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  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=607793 on 2012-12-31
  2. ^ Australian Faunal Directory

Further reading

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  • Reeve, L.A. 1850. Monograph of the genus Fissurella. pls 1-16 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6.
  • Sowerby, G.B. 1862. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3.
  • Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561–596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5.
  • Cotton, B.C. 1930. Fissurellidae from the 'Flindersian' Region, Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 4(2): 219-236
  • Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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