Species Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rissoa semistriata Philippi, R.A. 1849. Centuria tertia testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6(3): 33-35 [34-35].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, Red Sea; Red Sea; Red Sea.
• Diala varia Adams, A. 1861. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 8(45): 239-246 [243].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 1990105, Shan-tung (=Shandong, China).
• Ceratia variegata Tapparone-Canefri, C.M. 1877. Contribuzioni per una fauna malacologica delle isole papuane IV. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 9: 278-293 [285].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) Sorong, Irian Jaya; Papuan Is.
• Barleeia imbricata Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [584, pl. 43, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) 87.2.9.1855.6, Fiji, Australia, and Hawaii; Torres Strait.
• Diala infrasulcata Sowerby, G.B. 1892. Marine Shells of South Africa: a catalogue of all the known species. London : Sowerby 89 pp. [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1899.4.14.3645-3660, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
• Diala polita Preston, H.B. 1905. Descriptions of new species of marine shells from Ceylon. Journal of Malacology 12(1): 1-8 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1905.10.4.8, Ceylon (= Sri Lanka).
• Diala trilirata Melvill, J.C. 1906. A revision of the species of Cyclostrematidae and Liotiidae occuring in the Persian Gulf and North Arabian Sea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 20-28, pl. 3 [71, pl. 7, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1906.10.23.75, Gulf of Oman, 285 m.
• Diala conica Turton, W.H. 1932. The Marine Shells of Port Alfred, South Africa. London : Oxford University Press 331 pp., 70 pls. [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype Port Alfred, South Africa.
• Diala watsoni Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [456, fig. 186].
• Diala planalba Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [456, fig. 187].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102684 dry, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'E].
• Diala cacumenata Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [457, fig. 188].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.27344 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'S, 145°30'E].
• Diala vestigia Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [457, fig. 189].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102681 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'S, 145°30'E].
• Diala stricta Habe, T. 1960. New species of molluscs from the Amakusa Marine Biological Laboratory, Reikoku-cho, Amakusa, Kumamoto Pref., Japan. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8: 289-298, 5 figs [296, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Japan.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R. de 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075 [1022]

 

Generic Combinations

• Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849) [new combination]. —
  Hedley, C. 1907. The Mollusca of Mast Head Reef, Capricorn Group, Queensland, part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 32: 476–513, pls 16–21 [480]
  Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R. de 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075 [1022-1038]
• Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849). —
  Hedley, C. 1906. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part IX. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 520-546 [Date published April 12 1906] [523]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to South Africa across to Hawaiian Islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, coral, intertidal, marine, seagrass, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [116, fig. 44A]

Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R. de 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075 [1022-1038]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [125]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	DIALIDAE	02-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Sep-2011	MODIFIED