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Diodora rueppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) 
AphiaID: 211168

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Fissurelloidea (Superfamily) > Fissurellidae (Family) > Diodorinae (Subfamily) > Diodora (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Diodora J. E. Gray, 1821
Synonymised
taxa
  Capiluna ruepellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (Subsequent combination, following genus synonymy; spelling variation)
Diodora ruppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (originally described with a diacritic sign on the "u". ICZN states that "ü" should become "ue")
Fissurella ruppelli G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (originally described with a diacritic sign on the "u". ICZN states that "ü" should become "ue")
Glyphis rüppelli (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) (following genus synonymy, forbidden use of a diacritic)
Sources  basis of record: Abbott, R.T. & S.P. Dance (1986). Compendium of sea shells. American Malacologists, Inc:Melbourne, Florida [details]

additional source: Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.  [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Odhner, N.H.J. (1919). Contribution a la faune malacologique de Madagasar. Arkiv för Zoologi, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, 12(6): 1-52, 4 pl., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6455070 [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Dautzenberg, Ph. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux espèces nouvelles. J. conchyliol. 68: 21-74 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

source of synonymy (from synonym): Indo-Pacific Marine Molluscs, available online at http://clade.ansp.org/obis/ [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

additional source (from synonym): Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

identification resource: Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Rüppell's keyhole limpet  [details]
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Mascarene Basin [details]
Mediterranean Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
Notes  Description: Steeply domed shell with a small hole at the apex and an arched base, up to 3 cm long. Surface lightly granular due to vertical and horizontal grooves. Colour mottled brown with darker radiating stripes (usually 8). Habitat hard surfaces in eulittoral zone (Richmond, 1997). [details]

Spelling: Spelling of specific epitheton follows Drivas & Jay, 1988; spelled D. ruppelii in Abbott & Dance, 1986 [details]
Images 
Diodora rueppellii
Diodora rueppellii
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Diodora rueppellii
Diodora rueppellii
added on 2012-09-26 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211168
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-22 16:55:09Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2001-11-08 14:59:13Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-22 14:38:13Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-09-21 08:17:58Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-12-04 12:28:50Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2011-05-16 18:00:42Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Diodora rueppellii (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211168 on 2013-06-19
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