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Diala

Gastropoda - Dialidae

Taxonomy
Diala was named by Adams (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 559]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Dialidae.

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Ladd (1972); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dialidae by Kay (1979), Wilson (1993), Lozouet (1998) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Diala Adams
1972Diala Ladd p. 29
1979Diala Kay p. 114
1993Diala Wilson p. 125
1998Diala Lozouet p. 90
2002Diala Sepkoski
2005Diala Bouchet et al. pp. 65, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyDialidaePonder 1991
genusDialaAdams 1861

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.

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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available