Diala suturalis

Diala suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.[1]

Diala suturalis
Museum specimen in test tube
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Dialidae
Genus:
Diala
Species:
D. suturalis
Binomial name
Diala suturalis
(A. Adams, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Diala lauta (Adams, 1862)
  • Diala punctata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876
  • Diala magna Tate, R., 1891
  • Diala cento Laseron, C.F., 1956

Description

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Indian Ocean and along Southern Australia and Tasmania.

References
  1. Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
  • Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
  • C Hedley, Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XI; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 38: 258–339, 1913


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