Zeidora calceolina

Zeidora calceolina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[1][2]

Zeidora calceolina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Zeidora
Species:	Z. calceolina
Binomial name
Zeidora calceolina Adams, 1860
Synonyms[1]
Zeidora limatulaeformis Horikoshi, 1944

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The oblong shell is elegantly ornamented with raised concentric and radiating lines. It has a median sulcus with raised sides. The tip is bent posteriorly. The septum shows a sharp edge and is intact.^[3]

Distribution

It is found in Western Pacific off Japan, Korea and the Philippines and lives in depths of 50 to 200 meters.^[4] It was also collected from Mozambique, Indian Ocean.