Diodora singaporensis
(Reeve,
1850) (Sea Snail)
Organism information awaits expert curation
Organism information awaits expert curation
Taxonomy | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Description
Size: 2.5 cm.
Color: Fawn, with broad radial rays of brown.
Elongate-ovate to rectangular, often arched, depressed to moderately elevated, hole oval, situated at about the anterior 1/3 position, sculpture of about 80 fine, weakly nodulose radial ribs, crossbars present in the narrow interspaces near the apex but absent near the margins.
Size: 2.5 cm.
Color: Fawn, with broad radial rays of brown.
Elongate-ovate to rectangular, often arched, depressed to moderately elevated, hole oval, situated at about the anterior 1/3 position, sculpture of about 80 fine, weakly nodulose radial ribs, crossbars present in the narrow interspaces near the apex but absent near the margins.
Synonym (s)
• Diodora ovalis Thiele, 1930
• Fissurella singaporensis Reeve, 1850
• Fissurella tenuistriata Sowerby, 1862
• Fissurella townsendi Melvill, 1897
• Diodora bombayana (Sowerby, 1862)
• Diodora ovalis Thiele, 1930
• Fissurella singaporensis Reeve, 1850
• Fissurella tenuistriata Sowerby, 1862
• Fissurella townsendi Melvill, 1897
• Diodora bombayana (Sowerby, 1862)
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Biogeography
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Gujarat, Gulf of Kachchh (Lat: 22.6) (Long: 69.5) INDIA
• Maharashtra, Mumbai (Lat: 18.98) (Long: 72.83) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
• Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman (Lat: 10) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nicobar Islands (Lat: 7) (Long: 93) INDIA
• Gujarat, Gulf of Kachchh (Lat: 22.6) (Long: 69.5) INDIA
• Maharashtra, Mumbai (Lat: 18.98) (Long: 72.83) INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar (Lat: 8.5) (Long: 79) INDIA
• Andhra Pradesh, Visakhapatnam INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
Literature Source(s)
- Subba Rao, NV (2003) Indian seashells Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Subba Rao, NV and Dey, A (2000) Catalogue of marine molluscs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Occasional paper no 187 Records of the Zoological Survey of India ZSI 1-323 Available at - NCL, Pune
- OBIS Indo-Pacific molluscan database Available at - http://clade.ansp.org/obis/find_mollusk.html
- Nagabhushanam, AK and Krishnan, S (1993) Observations on the distribution of some of the marine organism inhabiting the inter-tidal zone along the western continental shelf of the Bay of Bengal, with particular reference to the Tamil Nadu coastal strip Records of the Zoological Survey of India 93(3-4) 449-490 Available at - ZSI, Pune
- Subba Rao, NV and Sastry, DRK (2005) Fauna of Marine National Park, Gulf of Kuchchh (Gujarat) ZSI 79 pp Available at - NCL, Pune
- Wilson, B; Wilson, C and Baker, P (1993) Australian marine shells 1 1-408 Available at - NIO, Goa
- Poppe, GT and Poppe, P (1996) Conchology, Inc. Conchology, Inc. Available at - http://www.conchology.be/en/home/home.php
- Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
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