| Diala suturalis | |
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| Museum specimen in test tube | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Dialidae |
| Genus: | Diala |
| Species: | D. suturalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Diala suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae. [1]
The shell grows to a length of 13 mm
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