Diala semistriata

Diala semistriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Dialidae
Genus: Diala
Species: D. semistriata
Binomial name
Diala semistriata
(Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 1.9 mm and 4.5 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.

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