Diala suturalis

Diala suturalis
Diala suturalis
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

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

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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. ^ a b Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547188  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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