Rough keyhole limpet
A species of Diodora Scientific name : Diodora aspera Genus : Diodora
Rough keyhole limpet, A species of Diodora
Botanical name: Diodora aspera
Genus: Diodora
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Description
Diodora aspera, also known as the rough keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. Although similar in appearance to a common limpet, it has a hole near the apex of its shell, and is only distantly related. It often has a scaled polychaete worm Arctonoe vittata living inside its shell as a commensal. In the event that it is attacked by a starfish, it...
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Scientific Classification
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Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Lepetellida Family
Keyhole limpets Genus
Diodora Species
Rough keyhole limpet 
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