Diala albugo

Diala albugo
Diala albugo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Dialidae
Genus: Diala
Species: D. albugo
Binomial name
Diala albugo
(Watson, 1886)
Synonyms[1]

Alaba albugo Watson, 1886

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 2 mm and 6.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Réunion and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Diala albugo (Watson, 1886) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547187  on 30 January 2011.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Ponder W.F. & de Keyzer R. 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6: 1019-1075. page(s): 1038-1045

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