Species Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1853)
- Monoptygma suturalis Adams, A. 1853. A monograph of the Genus Monoptygma of Lea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 222-224 [224].
Type data:
Lectotype 1968330, Philippine Is., error for southern Australia. - Alaba (Diala) lauta Adams, A. 1862. On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 10: 293-299 [Oct. 1862] [298-299].
Type data:
Lectotype 52.5.31.93-104, Port Adelaide, South Australia. - Diala punctata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [147].
Type data:
Lectotype 7800/E459A, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania. - Diala magna Tate, R. 1891. Descriptions of new species of Australian Mollusca, recent and fossil. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 257-265 [Date published Dec] [259, pl. 11, fig. 9].
Type data:
Lectotype D.13455, deep water, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. - Diala cento 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 [458, fig. 192].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.102679 dry, on algae, Southern Australia (error Keppel Bay), South Australia, Australia [35°S, 138°E].
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 [1045]
Generic Combinations
- Diala lauta (A. Adams, 1862). —
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [108] - Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1853). —
Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190) [173]
Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R. de 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075 [1045-1057]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Algal substrate, intertidal, marine, rocks, seagrass, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [108] (as Diala magna Tate, 1891)
Ponder, W.F. & Keyzer, R. de 1992. A revision of the genus Diala (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 6: 1019-1075 [1045-1052]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [125] (as Diala magna Tate, 1891)
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) |
| 15-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED |