Diodora (Elegidion) marshallensis Ladd 1966 (keyhole limpet)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Full reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98

Belongs to Diodora (Elegidion) according to H. S. Ladd 1966

Sister taxa: Diodora (Diodora), Diodora arnoldi, Diodora aspera, Diodora auroraensis, Diodora cayenensis, Diodora chipolana, Diodora corbicula, Diodora densiclathrata, Diodora derbyi, Diodora diadala, Diodora fragilis, Diodora galeata, Diodora gibberula, Diodora graeca, Diodora granifera, Diodora griscomi, Diodora henekeni, Diodora immortalis, Diodora inaequalis, Diodora jaumei, Diodora jukesii, Diodora lincolnensis, Diodora lineata, Diodora listeri, Diodora meta, Diodora minuta, Diodora murina, Diodora mus, Diodora occidua, Diodora octogona, Diodora pamlicoensis, Diodora parviforata, Diodora patagonica, Diodora penderensis, Diodora pumpellyi, Diodora quadriradiata, Diodora redimicula, Diodora ruppelli, Diodora singaporensis, Diodora stillwaterensis, Diodora subcostaria, Diodora subelliptica, Diodora tenebrosa, Diodora ticaonica, Diodora unica, Diodora viridula, Diodora vredenburgi, Fissuridea marylandica, Fissuridea alticosta, Fissuridea nassula, Elegidion audax

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer-carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (3 collections), Palau (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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