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 , 1886 Ceratia variegata Tapparone-Canefri, 1877 Diala cacumenata C. F. Laseron, 1956 Diala conica , 1932 Diala infrasulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 Diala planalba C. F. Laseron, 1956 Diala polita , 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.

References[]

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. 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[]

• "Diala semistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2011.