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Molluscs of Tasmania

Fissurellidae – Fissurellinae: Diodora lineata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (‘lined keyhole-limpet’)

Synonym(s): lineata Sowerby, 1835 incii Reeve, 1850 audax Iredale, 1924 rugosa Thiele, 1930.

Typical shell-length 40 mm. Lives intertidally on rocks. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW, TAS and VIC).

Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Diodora
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