Diodora jukesii

Diodora jukesii, common name Jukes' keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[1][2]

Diodora jukesii
Top view and basal view of a shell of Diodora jukesii (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Fissurellinae
Genus:	Diodora
Species:	D. jukesii
Binomial name
Diodora jukesii (Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Diodora fimbriata Reeve, 1850 Diodora nigropunctata Thiele, 1930 Diodora plicifera Thiele, 1930 Elegidion occiduus Cotton, B.C. 1930 Fissurella fimbriata Reeve, L.A. 1850 Fissurella jukesii Reeve, 1850 (original combination) Fissurella similis Sowerby, 1862

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia .