Diodorinae Explained

The Diodorinae, common name keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic subfamily of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[1]

Genera

• Cosmetalepas Iredale, 1924
• Diodora Gray, 1821
• Fissurellidea d'Orbigny, 1839
• Lucapina Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
• Megathura Pilsbry, 1890
• Monodilepas Finlay, 1926

Genera brought into synonymy:

• Austroglyphis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934: synonym of Diodora Gray, 1821
• Capiluna Gray, 1857: synonym of Diodora Gray, 1821
• Elegidion Iredale, 1924: synonym of Diodora Gray, 1821
• Fissurellidaea: synonym of Fissurellidea d'Orbigny, 1839 (misspelling of genus)
• Fissuridea Swainson, 1840: synonym of Diodora Gray, 1821
• Foraminella G. B. Sowerby I, 1835: synonym of Lucapina Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 (Not available: introduced in synonymy; placed in synonymy of Lucapina by First Reviser's choice by Thiele, 1929)
• Glyphis Carpenter, 1857: synonym ofDiodora Gray, 1821 (invalid: junior homonym of Glyphis Agassiz, 1843)
• Megatebennus Pilsbry, 1890: synonym of Fissurellidea d'Orbigny, 1839

References

• Odhner N.H. (1932). Zur Morphologie und Systematik der Fissurelliden. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft. 67: 292-309, pl. 5
• Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526.
• Aktipis S.W., Boehm E. & Giribet G. (2011) Another step towards understanding the slit-limpets (Fissurellidae, Fissurelloidea, Vetigastropoda, Gastropoda): a combined five-gene molecular phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 40: 238-259

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Diodorinae Odhner, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224335 on 2021-03-01