Species of gastropod
Diala semistriata
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Family:
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Dialidae
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Genus:
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Diala
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Species:
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D. semistriata
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Binomial name
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Diala semistriata
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Synonyms[1]
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- 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
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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
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