Diodora quadriradiata (Reeve, 1850)

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F., 2008, Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 927-952 : 939-940

Diodora quadriradiata (Reeve, 1850)

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Description

Shell length of Hong Kong specimens, 15 mm, conical with an almost central hole. Shell sculptured by dense radial ribs crossed by concentric growth lamellae.

Type locality

The Philippines.

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific. Intertidal to 10– 30 m.

Figures

Figure 4. A and B, Diodora quadriradiata, height×length565.5×14.22 mm; C and D, Cypraea arabica arabica juvenile, height×width510.32×4.88 mm; E and F, Ergalatax contracta, height×width514.58×6.7 mm; G and H, Thais luteostoma, height×width5 24.83×16.22 mm; I and J, Engina armillata height×width58.35×4.67 mm.