en Diala sulcifera

Diala sulcifera
	Shell of Diala sulcifera scobina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Dialidae
Genus:	Diala
Species:	D. sulcifera
Binomial name
	Diala sulcifera; (A. Adams, 1862)
Synonyms
	Alaba (Diala) sulcifera A. Adams, 1862 superseded combination

Diala sulcifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.^[1]

Subspecies

Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869)
Diala sulcifera scobina (Laseron, 1950)
Diala sulcifera sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862)

Description

The shell size varies between 1.9 mm and 4.5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate-conical and can be white, red, brown, or sometimes variegated. It has 5 convex whorls with regular, deeply imprinted transverse furrows and prominent sutures. The aperture is oblong, and the outer lip is arched, often tinged with red, featuring a crenulate margin.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific, from the Red Sea to Australia (New South Wales, Queensland)

References

^ ^a ^b Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862). 314 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ Adams, A. (1862). "On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (10 (58)): 293–299. Retrieved 14 July 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Ponder, W. F.; de Keyzer, R (1992). "A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 6 (4): 1019–1075. doi:10.1071/IT9921019. Retrieved 14 July 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[WoRMS-1] Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862). 314 July 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] Adams, A. (1862). "On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (10 (58)): 293–299. Retrieved 14 July 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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