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Diodora aspera

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Taxonomy
Fissurella aspera was named by Rathke (1833). It is extant.

It was recombined as Glyphis aspera by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Fissuridea aspera by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Diadora aspera by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Diodora aspera by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Fissurella aspera Rathke p. 21 figs. pl. 23, fig. 5
1895Glyphis aspera Ashley p. 343
1903Fissuridea aspera Arnold
1903Fissuridea murina Arnold
1925Diadora aspera Oldroyd p. 21
1950Diodora aspera Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
2021Diodora aspera Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
tribeDiodorini(Odhner 1932)
genusDiodoraGray 1821
speciesaspera(Rathke 1833)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diodora aspera Rathke 1833
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Invalid names: Fissuridea murina Arnold 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: grazerg
Diet 2: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:41:08
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:45:53
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Diodora aspera (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Diodora aspera (200398)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Diodora aspera (189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Diodora aspera (223033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Diadora aspera (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Diodora aspera (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Diodora aspera (37933 37935 37937 37939 37940 37943 37944 37945 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Diadora aspera (138723 202636) Fissuridea aspera (222664) Fissuridea aspera, Fissuridea murina (222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Glyphis aspera (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Diodora aspera (37672 37673 96895 96901 160361) Fissuridea aspera, Fissuridea murina (222659 222660 222661 222662) Glyphis aspera (222674)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Diodora aspera (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Diodora aspera (52347 67641 67642 226467)