WoRMS name details
Diodora rueppellii [sic]
211168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:211168)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Species
marine
(of Fissurella ruppellii G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 123–128. [20 March 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568466
page(s): 128 [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diodora rueppellii [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=211168 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fissurella ruppellii G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). [Characters of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1834: 123–128. [20 March 1835]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568466
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). <i>Compendium of sea shells</i>. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida. [details]
page(s): 128 [details]
basis of record Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1986). <i>Compendium of sea shells</i>. American Malacologists, Inc: Melbourne, Florida. [details]
Identification resource
identification resource
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. <em>Conchbooks, Hackenheim.</em> 564 pp.
page(s): 36 [details]
page(s): 36 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 31. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 32. [details]
[request]additional source Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) <i>Seashells of eastern Arabia.</i> Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
page(s): 31. [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 32. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Spelling Sowerby's original description used the spelling ruppellii. However, the name honors the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell, and the spelling rueppellii is in prevailing usage. [details]From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Rüppell's keyhole limpet | [details] |
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