Diodora jukesii

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]

Diodora jukesii
Top view and basal view of a shell of Diodora jukesii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References
  1. 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
  • 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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