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Diodora ruppellii Rueppell's Keyhole Limpet

Diodora ruppellii is commonly referred to as Rueppell's Keyhole Limpet. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.


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Diodora ruppellii, 2021


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lexID:
14566 
AphiaID:
139954 
Scientific:
Diodora ruppellii 
German:
Rüppells Schlüssellochschnecke 
English:
Rueppell's Keyhole Limpet 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Lepetellida (Order) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Diodora (Genus) > ruppellii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(G. B. Sowerby I, ), 1835 
Occurrence:
Tunesien, Suez-Kanal, East Africa, Egypt, European Coasts, Hawaii, Indonesia, Israel, Kenya, Levantine Sea (Mediterranean), Madagascar, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Red Sea, Tansania, the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1cm - 2cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 78.8 °F (°C - 26°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Sponges 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Diodora aguayoi
  • Diodora alta
  • Diodora arcuata
  • Diodora arnoldi
  • Diodora australis
  • Diodora benguelensis
  • Diodora bermudensis
  • Diodora bollonsi
  • Diodora calyculata
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-05 19:53:33 

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Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Diodora ruppellii 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.

Diodora ruppellii limpet is oval in shape with a circular hole marking. Species in the genus Diodora feed on sponges from the undersides of rocks and boulders.

Synonymised names:
Capiluna ruepellii [sic] (misspelling)
Diodora rueppellii [sic] (misspelling)
Diodora rupelli [sic] (misspelling)
Fissurella nigriadiata Reeve, 1850 (synonym)
Fissurella reticulata Liénard, 1877 (synonym)
Fissurella ruppellii G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (original combination)
Glyphis nigriradiata (Reeve, 1850)
Glyphis rüppelli [sic] (misspelling)

Direct children (1):
Subspecies Diodora ruppellii abulatti Christiaens, 1987 (uncertain)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 05.03.2022.

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