Diala suturalis

Diala suturalis
	Museum specimen in test tube
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Dialidae
Genus:	Diala
Species:	D. suturalis
Binomial name
	Diala suturalis; (A. Adams, 1863)
Synonyms
	Diala lauta (Adams, 1862); Diala punctata Tenison-Woods, J.E., 1876; Diala magna Tate, R., 1891; Diala cento Laseron, C.F., 1956;

Last updated August 11, 2025

Diala suturalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.^[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 13 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Western Indian Ocean and along Southern Australia and Tasmania.

References

1 2 Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.

Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp
C Hedley, Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XI; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 38: 258–339, 1913

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1863) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.

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Diala suturalis

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Description

Distribution

References