Biology:Diala suturalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Diala suturalis
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175503 - Diala suturalis (Adams, 1853) - Dialidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
Museum specimen in test tube
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
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]

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. 1.0 1.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q5270482 entry