Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Fissurelloidea > Family Fissurellidae > Subfamily Fissurellideinae > Genus Diodora

Diodora italica (Defrance, 1820)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diodora*	J. E. Gray, 1821	accepted genus name
*Glyphis*	P. P. Carpenter, 1857	junior homonym

Species group names

*Fissurella neglecta var. radiata*	Pallary, 1912	junior homonym
*Fissurella costaria var. tilla*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Fissurella italica*	Defrance, 1820	synonym
*Fissurella italica var. triamera*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym
*Fissurella mediterranea*	J. E. Gray, 1835	synonym
*Fissurella mediterranea var. depressa*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Fissurella neglecta*	Deshayes, 1830	synonym
*Fissurella vitoensis*	De Gregorio, 1885	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kupa e vrimuar italiane sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: italian keyhole limpet sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Italienische Schlüssellochschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Brunetti, M. & Della Bella, G. (2024). Conchiglie fossili di Pradalbino. Palermo: Edizioni Danaus. 183 pp.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diodora italica (Defrance, 1820). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139952