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Diala pagodula A. Adams, 1862

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

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Description

First description in latin:
Testa elato-conica, tenui, alba, lineis transversis rufis interruptis, in medio anfractuum dispositis, et flammulis longitudinalibus undulatis, ad suturas, ornata ; anfractibus planis, imbricatis, in medio nodoso-plicatis, superne et inferne laevibus ; apertura ovata, antice prodocta et subacuminata; labio simplici, arcuato.

This is a very charming species, shaped like a little pagoda, and adorned with red-brown markings. The whorls are encircled in the middle with a series of plicate nodules.
Adams, A. 1862. On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species

Distribution

Southern Australia. St. Vincents Gulf.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Diala pagodula Adams, 1862]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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