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Dialidae

Gastropoda - Dialidae

Taxonomy
Dialidae was named by Ponder (1991) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7644]. It is extant. Its type is Diala.

It was assigned to Cerithioidea by Beesley (1998), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Diala (type genus), Gibborissoa (syn. Touzinia), Glosia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Dialidae Ponder
1998Dialidae Beesley p. 712
2005Dialidae Bouchet et al. p. 248
2017Dialidae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyDialidaePonder 1991
familyDialidaePonder 1991

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Dialidae Ponder 1991
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G. Diala Adams 1861
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†Diala electra Lozouet 1998
Diala lauta Adams 1862
Diala lirulata Thiele 1930
Diala megapicalis Ponder and de Keyser 1992
Diala semistriata Lozouet 1998
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Invalid names: Diala varia Adams 1861 [synonym]
G. †Gibborissoa Sacco 1895
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Invalid names: Touzinia Cossmann 1915 [synonym]
G. †Glosia Cossmann 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Littorinopsis morgani (178085)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Gibborissoa varicosa (74861)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Diala electra (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Marshall Islands Diala ludens, Diala stricta (78028) Diala stricta (78029)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Bordeaux) Gibborissoa varicosa (48660)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Diala electra (74871) Littorinopsis prevostina (70191)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Littorinopsis morgani (179581)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Marshall Islands Diala ludens (77988)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Diala semistriata (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Diala incommoda (63439)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (South Australia) Diala lauta (63379)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Diala sp. (237610)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Diala pinnae (122940 122941 122943)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Western Australia) Diala lauta (63354)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Diala ludens (78075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Diala lauta (63355) Diala lauta, Diala lirulata (63351) Diala translucida, Diala lauta, Diala lirulata (63208 63209 63211)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Diala vaira (97961)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu Diala ludens (78035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Diala ludens (77974)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Diala stricta (96349 96350)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Diala semistriata (209860) Diala sp. (209856 209863 209864)