''Diancta'' is a

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.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diancta E. von Martens, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995221 on 2020-10-20

Species

Species within the genus ''Diancta'' include: * '' Diancta aurea'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta aurita'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta basiplana'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta constricta'' (Martens, 1864) * '' Diancta controversa'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta crookshanksi'' Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2015 * '' Diancta densecostulata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta dextra'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta dilatata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta distorta'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta graeffei'' Möllendorff, 1897 * '' Diancta halmaherica'' Greķe, 2017 * '' Diancta macrostoma'' (Mousson, 1870) * '' Diancta martensi'' (H. Adams, 1866) * '' Diancta multiplicata'' von Möllendorff, 1902 * '' Diancta obiensis'' Greķe, 2017 * '' Diancta pulchella'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta quadrata'' (Mousson, 1870) * '' Diancta rotunda'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta subquadrata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 * '' Diancta taviensis'' (Liardet, 1876) * '' Diancta torta'' O. Boettger, 1891 * '' Diancta trilamellata'' Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Diancta diepenheimi'' Preston, 1913: synonym of '' Palaina diepenheimi'' (Preston, 1913) (original combination) * ''Diancta philippinica'' Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895: synonym of '' Paradiancta philippinica'' (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895) (original combination)

References

* Neubert E. & Bouchet P. , 2015. The Diplommatinidae of Fiji – a hotspot of Pacific land snail biodiversity (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea). ZooKeys 487: 1-85

External links

Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23
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