{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{speciesbox | image = Diala semistriata 01.jpg | image_caption = | taxon = Diala semistriata | authority = (Philippi, 1849) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = * ''Alaba semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) * ''Barleeia imbricata'' R. B. Watson, 1886 * ''Ceratia variegata'' Tapparone-Canefri, 1877 * ''Diala cacumenata'' C. F. Laseron, 1956 * ''Diala conica'' H. W. Turton, 1932 * ''Diala infrasulcata'' G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 * ''Diala planalba'' C. F. Laseron, 1956 * ''Diala polita'' H. B. Preston, 1905 * ''Diala varia'' A. Adams, 1861 * ''Diala vestigia'' C. F. Laseron, 1956 * ''Diala watsoni'' C. F. Laseron, 1956 }}

'''''Diala semistriata''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|211927|''Diala semistriata'' (Philippi, 1849) ||30 January 2011}}</ref>

==Description== The shell size varies between 1.9&nbsp;mm and 4.5&nbsp;mm.

==Distribution== This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar, in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.

==References== {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). ''Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar''. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III * Vine, P. (1986). ''Red Sea Invertebrates''. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp * Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). ''Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp.&nbsp;180–213 * Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). ''Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas''. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453

==External links== * {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=5961|title=''Diala semistriata''|access-date=30 January 2011}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Diala Semistriata}} Category:Dialidae Category:Gastropods described in 1849 Category:Diala Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi

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