Dialidae

Dialidae
Diala suturalis (Adams, 1853)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Dialidae E. A. Kay, 1979[1]
Diversity[2]
8 extant species

Dialidae, common name dialids, is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea .[3]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Dialidae has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genus within the family Dialidae include:

• Diala A. Adams, 1861 - type genus of the family Dialidae,[3] synonym: Laevitesta Laseron, 1950
• † Glosia Cossmann, 1921: extinct genus that belongs to the Neotaenioglossa
• Mellitestea Laseron, 1956
• Paradiala Laseron, 1956
• † Rissoalaba Oyama, 1954 [4]

References

1. Kay E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells, page 114.
2. Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
3. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
4. Gbif : Rissoalaba