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[1]
Alaba (Diala) sulcifera A. Adams, 1862 superseded combination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

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.

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.