Diodora italica Italian keyhole limpet

Diodora italicais commonly referred to as Italian keyhole limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 50 Liter is recommended.

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lexID:: 6350
AphiaID:: 139952

Scientific:: Diodora italica
German:: Italienische Schlüssellochschnecke
English:: Italian Keyhole Limpet

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Diodora (Genus) > italica (Species)
Initial determination:: (Defrance, ), 1820

Occurrence:: Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), North Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea
Size:: 0.59" - 1.97" (1.5cm - 5cm)
Temperature:: 50 °F - 77 °F (10°C - 25°C)
Food:: Algae
Tank:: 11 gal (~ 50L)
Difficulty:: Easy

CITES:

Not evaluated

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More related species in this lexicon:

Diodora sp.
Schlüssellochschnecken

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-11-04 20:06:32
Last edit:: 2017-04-10 19:34:54

Info

Diodora italica (Defrance, 1820)

Diodora italica is a sea slug belongs to the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. These limpets have a circular opening at the apical end of the shell, which serves both as an excurrent and anal opening. They do not have the ability to hide within the shell.

Diodora italica is 5 cm, lives on hard substrates at depths of 10 - 15 m . This Keyhole Limpet snail is a common herbivore, feeds on algae.

Synonyms: Fissurella costaria, Fissurella neglecta Fissurella mediterranea, Fissurella vitoensis

Biota >Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Fissurelloidea (Superfamily) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Diodorinae (Subfamily) > Diodora (Genus)

External links

Encyclodedia of Life (EOL) (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Gastropods (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Homepage von Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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