Diodora alta

Diodora alta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

Diodora alta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Diodora
Species:
D. alta
Binomial name
Diodora alta
(Adams, 1852)
Synonyms

Fissurella alta C.B. Adams, 1852 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 14 mm. The high shell has a subconic shape. It is white, often more or less covered with broad ashy black rays, which may be seen through the shell. Its sculpture shows prominent radiating ribs, of which the alternate ones are excessively developed, and intermediate small raised lines. The shell has many concentric ridges, which are less prominent than the larger radiating ribs, and more so than the others. The summit is nearer to and somewhat inclined towards the anterior extremity. The small fissure has an ovate-elliptic shape. The margin is pectinated by the radiating ribs.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to North Peru; off the Galápagos Islands.

References
  1. WoRMS (2012). Diodora alta (C.B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575106 on 2012-12-31
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
  • To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
  • To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
  • To ITIS
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Diodora alta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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