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{{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}}

| synonyms_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}}

| 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.{{WRMS species|137890|Diala Adams, 1861||30 January 2011}}

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. {{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}}

Species

Species within the genus Diala include:

Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)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
Diala exilis (Tryon, 1866)
Diala lirulata Thiele, 1930Gofas, 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
Diala megapicalis Ponder & de Keyzer, 1992Gofas, 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
Diala pusilla Thiele, 1930
Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849){{WRMS species|211927|Diala semistriata Philippi||17 May 2010}} - type species as Diala varia Adams A., 1861{{WRMS species|139543|Diala varia Adams A., 1861||17 May 2010}}
Diala stephensae (Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930)
Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862)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 - synonym: Diala flammea (Pease, 1868)
Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863)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 - synonym: Diala lauta (Adams){{WRMS species|211928|Diala lauta (Adams)||17 May 2010}}
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)

Diala

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