Dialidae
Family of gastropods
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Dialidae, common name dialids, is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea .[3]
| Dialidae | |
|---|---|
| Diala suturalis (Adams, 1853) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
| Family: | Dialidae E. A. Kay, 1979[1] |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 8 extant species | |
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]