Dialidae, common name dialids, is a
family
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the superfamily
Cerithioidea
The Cerithioidea is a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of marine, brackish water and freshwater Gastropoda, gastropod containing more than 200 genera. The Cerithioidea are included unassigned in the subclass Caenogastropoda. The original name of this ...
.
According to the
taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Dialidae has no subfamilies.
Genera
Genus within the family Dialidae include:
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Diala
''Diala'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.
Description
The whorls are not varicose, occasionally featuring nodules around the middle. The columella is relatively straight and not truncated. The out ...
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A. Adams, 1861 - type genus of the family Dialidae,
synonym: ''Laevitesta'' Laseron, 1950
* † ''
Glosia''
Cossmann, 1921: extinct genus that belongs to the
Neotaenioglossa
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Mellitestea''
Laseron, 1956
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Paradiala''
Laseron, 1956
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Rissoalaba'' Oyama, 1954
Gbif : Rissoalaba
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References
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