OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Diodora lineata (Sowerby, 1835)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Diodora incei [sic]
   Fissurella lineata Sowerby, 1835
   Fissurella incii Reeve, 1850
   Elegidion audax Iredale, 1924
   Diodora rugosa Thiele, 1930

Common Name

True Keyhole Limpet p.52 [as Elegidion audax]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Common Keyhole Limpet p.52 [as Elegidion audax]      McMichael, D.F. 1960.  
Latticed Keyhole Limpet p.44 [as Elegidion audax]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Giant Keyhole Limpet p.65, pl.183 []      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

New South Wales to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria

Keywords

feeds on: plants 
habitat: rock platform 

References

 Hedley, C. 1900. p.95 General reference
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.220 General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.30 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. 1966. p.207 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.44, fig. 58 [ as Elegidion audax ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.52, pl. 6, fig. 27 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Diodorinae
                        Diodora Gray, 1821
                          Diodora lineata (Sowerby, 1835)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5868) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.