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genus

Diala Adams, 1861

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  family Dialidae

Scientific synonyms

Laevitesta Laseron, 1950

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Description

Shell elongate, ovate, thin and translucent, usually with white or brown lines or flecks. Protoconch glossy, the following whorls smooth, nodulose or angular, sometimes with a row of knots. Aperture uniform, above angular; columella straight or somewhat oblique, sometimes with a slight sinus at the end.
TYPE SPECIES Diala varia A. Adams, 1861.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 19

species Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)

Diala albugo

species Diala almo (P. Bartsch, 1915)
species Diala angulata (Hedley, 1907)
species Diala bella A. Adams, 1868
species Diala canaliculata (K.H.J. Thiele, 1925)

Diala canaliculata

species Diala exilis (G.W. Tryon, 1866)
species Diala lirata Laseron, 1950
species Diala lirulata Thiele, 1930
species Diala megapicalis Ponder & Keyzer, 1992

Diala megapicalis

species Diala nyussana (E.A. Smith, 1877)
species Diala omphalotropis (K.H.J. Thiele, 1925)
species Diala pagodula A. Adams, 1862
species Diala polymorpha (E.A. Smith, 1877)
species Diala scopulorum R. B. Watson, 1886

Diala scopulorum

species Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)

Diala semistriata

species Diala stephensae (Baker, Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1930)
species Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862)

Diala sulcifera

species Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1853) - Sutured Diala

Diala suturalis

species Diala tomlini J.M.R.M. Viader, 1938

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [d840df2b-0bdd-4be5-bce4-d211c79b0be5]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Diala Adams, 1861]
Data retrieved on: 15 February 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1325279]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Diala A. Adams, 1861]
Data retrieved on: 22 January 2020
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