Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas

Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00062

Octagon Keyhole Limpet

Diodora octagona

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Octagon Keyhole Limpet (Diodora octagona) — source-informed Atlas reconstruction of a documented small keyhole-limpet shell; the Kauaʻi occurrence is treated as historical and no current population is asserted.
Octagon Keyhole Limpet (Diodora octagona) — source-informed Atlas reconstruction of a documented small keyhole-limpet shell; the Kauaʻi occurrence is treated as historical and no current population is asserted. · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas · Kauaʻi Conservation Atlas community media · Image source

About Octagon Keyhole Limpet

Bishop Museum TR29 coastal-survey table explicitly records Diodora octagona in Kauaʻi station columns.

WoRMS AphiaID 571921 lists Diodora octagona as accepted.

Direct shallow coastal station survey evidence.

Accepted species with direct island-station evidence.

Names and classification

Scientific name
Diodora octagona
Common names
Octagon Keyhole Limpet
Other names
Diodora octagona
Record type
species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Historical survey occurrence; no recent living Kauaʻi record independently inspected.
Origin
Origin not inferred from occurrence census
Conservation status
Not assessed
Evidence limits
Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.

Habitat and ecology

Habitats
Marine reef and nearshore

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description
Diodora octagona is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted species with direct island-station evidence.

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