GlyphisCarpenter, 1857 (invalid: junior homonym of Glyphis Agassiz, 1843)
Monodilepas Finlay, H.J. 1926
Diodora is a genus of small to medium-sized keyhole limpet in the family Fissurellidae.[1]
Life habits
Like all other fissurellids, Diodora species are herbivores, and use the radula to scrape algae from rocks. An exception is D. apertura, which grazes on sponges[2][3] such as Hymeniacidon.[4]
Water for respiration and excretion is drawn in under the edge of the shell and exits through the "keyhole" at or near the apex.
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^Malacolog list of Western Atlantic Diodora species at: [1]. accessed 21 September 2009.
^G. T. Poppe, S. P. Tagaro & J. C. Sarino (2011). "Two new species of Fissurellidae from Namibia". Visaya. 3 (4): 71–75.
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