Diala
Encyclopedia
Diala is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Dialidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Dialidae
Dialidae
Dialidae, common name dialids, is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi the family Dialidae has no subfamilies.- Genera :...
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Species
Species within the genus Diala include:- Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
- Diala goniochila (A. Adams, 1860)
- Diala lirulata Thiele, 1930
- Diala megapicalis Ponder & de Keyzer, 1992
- Diala semistriataDiala semistriataDiala semistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar, in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.- Further reading...
(Philippi, 1849) - type species as Diala varia Adams A., 1861 - Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862) - synonym: Diala flammea (Pease, 1868)
- Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) - synonym: Diala lauta (Adams)
External links
- Ponder W. F. & de Keyzer R. (1992). "A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075.
- Gofas S., Le Renard J. & Bouchet P. (2001). "Mollusca", In: Costello M. J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: 180-213.