Diala

{{automatic taxobox | image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.175503 - Diala suturalis (Adams, 1853) - Dialidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg | image_caption = ''Diala suturalis'' | taxon = Diala | authority = Adams, 1861<ref>{{cite journal |last=Adams |year=1861 |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |page=242 |doi=10.1080/00222936108697411 |title=XXVI.—On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan |first=Arthur |volume=8 |issue=45 |url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602268}}</ref> | synonyms_ref = <ref>{{cite WoRMS |last1=Bouchet |first1=P. |last2=Gofas |first2=S. |year=2011 |title=''Diala'' A. Adams, 1861 |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137890 |access-date=2011-06-26}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Alaba'' (''Diala'') A. Adams, 1861 * ''Laevitesta'' Laseron, 1950 | type_species= ''Diala varia'' Adams A., 1861 }}

'''''Diala''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|137890|''Diala'' Adams, 1861||30 January 2011}}</ref>

==Description== The whorls are not varicose, occasionally featuring nodules around the middle. The columella is relatively straight and not truncated. The outer lip is not thickened. <ref>{{cite book |last1=Tryon |first1=G. W. Jr. |title=Structural and systematic conchology |volume=II |page=247 |year=1883 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32229474 |access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Diala'' include: * ''Diala albugo'' (Watson, 1886)<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Diala albugo'' (Watson, 1886). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547187 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Diala exilis'' (Tryon, 1866) * ''Diala lirulata'' Thiele, 1930<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Diala lirulata'' Thiele, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547197 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Diala megapicalis'' Ponder & de Keyzer, 1992<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Diala megapicalis'' Ponder & de Keyzer, 1992. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547189 on 2011-06-26</ref> * ''Diala pusilla'' Thiele, 1930 * ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849)<ref>{{WRMS species|211927|''Diala semistriata'' Philippi||17 May 2010}}</ref> - type species as ''Diala varia'' Adams A., 1861<ref>{{WRMS species|139543|''Diala varia'' Adams A., 1861||17 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Diala stephensae'' (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930) * ''Diala sulcifera'' (A. Adams, 1862)<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Diala sulcifera'' (A. Adams, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547190 on 2011-06-26</ref> - synonym: ''Diala flammea'' (Pease, 1868) * ''Diala suturalis'' (A. Adams, 1863)<ref>Gofas, S. (2010). ''Diala suturalis'' (A. Adams, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547188 on 2011-06-26</ref> - synonym: ''Diala lauta'' (Adams)<ref>{{WRMS species|211928|''Diala lauta'' (Adams)||17 May 2010}}</ref> * ''Diala virgata'' Hedley, 1899 (''taxon inquirendum'')

;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Diala acuta'' Carpenter, 1864: synonym of ''Pseudodiala acuta'' (Carpenter, 1864) * ''Diala africana'' Bartsch, 1915: synonym of ''Diala almo'' Bartsch, 1915 * ''Diala almo'' Bartsch, 1915: synonym of ''Hydrobiidae incertae sedis almo'' (Bartsch, 1915) (original combination) * ''Diala basispiralis'' (Chapman-Smith & Grant-Mackie, 1971): synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala cacuminata'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala capensis'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1889: synonym of ''Alaba pinnae'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''Diala conica'' Turton, 1932: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala cornea'' A. Adams, 1861: synonym of ''Alaba cornea'' (A. Adams, 1861) * ''Diala diffilata'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Alaba diffilata'' (Laseron, 1956) * ''Diala electrina'' Carpenter, 1864: synonym of ''Lirobarleeia'' Ponder, 1983 * ''Diala flammea'' Pease, 1868: synonym of ''Diala sulcifera'' (A. Adams, 1862) * ''Diala fragilis'' Thiele, 1930: synonym of ''Alaba fragilis'' (Thiele, 1930) * ''Diala fuscopicta'' E. A. Smith, 1890: synonym of ''Barleeia fuscopicta'' (E. A. Smith, 1890) * ''Diala hartmeyeri'' Thiele, 1930: synonym of ''Alaba hartmeyeri'' (Thiele, 1930) * ''Diala infrasulcata'' G.B. Sowerby III, 1892: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala lauta'' (Adams, 1862): synonym of ''Diala suturalis'' (A. Adams, 1863) * ''Diala leithii'' (E. A. Smith, 1876): synonym of ''Mainwaringia leithii'' (E. A. Smith, 1876) * ''Diala lirata'' Laseron, 1950: synonym of ''Diffalaba opiniosa'' Iredale, 1936 * ''Diala ludens'' Melvill & Standen, 1895: synonym of ''Diala albugo'' (Watson, 1886) * ''Diala macula'' Nevill, 1885: synonym of ''Diala varia'' A. Adams, 1861: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala marmorea'' Carpenter, 1864: synonym of ''Pseudodiala acuta'' (Carpenter, 1864) * ''Diala pinnae'' (Krauss, 1848): synonym of ''Alaba pinnae'' (Krauss, 1848) * ''Diala planalba'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala polita'' Preston, 1905: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala simplex'' E. A. Smith, 1875: synonym of ''Barleeia simplex'' (E. A. Smith, 1875) * ''Diala stricta'' Habe, 1960: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala tesselata'' Tenison-Woods, 1876: synonym of ''Alaba monile'' A. Adams, 1862 * ''Diala translucida'' Hedley, 1905: synonym of ''Styliferina translucida'' (Hedley, 1905) * ''Diala trilirata'' Melvill, 1906: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala varia'' Adams A., 1861: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala vestigia'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Diala vitrea'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1915: synonym of ''Diffalaba vitrea'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1915) * ''Diala watsoni'' Laseron, 1956: synonym of ''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849)

;Taxa inquirenda: * † ''Diala angustifera'' Nomura, 1935 * ''Diala fragilis'' (Fenaux, 1943) * ''Diala lirata'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 * ''Diala nodicincta'' H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864 * ''Diala succincta'' A. Adams, 1870 (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{cite journal |last1=Ponder |first1=W. F. |last2=de Keyzer |first2=R. |year=1992 |title=A revision of the genus ''Diala'' (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae) |journal=Invertebrate Taxonomy |volume=6 |issue=4 |pages=1019–1075|doi=10.1071/IT9921019 }} * {{cite book |last1=Gofas |first1=S. |last2=Le Renard |first2=J. |last3=Bouchet |first3=P. |year=2001 |chapter=Mollusca |editor-last=Costello |editor-first1=M. J. |title=European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification |series=Collection Patrimoines Naturels |volume=50 |pages=180–213}}

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