Diala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.
Description
The whorls are not varicose, occasionally featuring nodules around the middle. The columella is relatively straight and not truncated. The outer lip is not thickened.
Species
Species within the genus Diala include:
- Diala albugo <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- Diala exilis <small>(Tryon, 1866)</small>
- Diala lirulata <small>Thiele, 1930</small>
- Diala megapicalis <small>Ponder & de Keyzer, 1992</small>
- Diala pusilla <small>Thiele, 1930</small>
- Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small> - type species as Diala varia Adams A., 1861
- Diala stephensae <small>(Baker, Hanna & Strong, 1930)</small>
- Diala sulcifera <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small> - synonym: Diala flammea (Pease, 1868)
- Diala suturalis <small>(A. Adams, 1863)</small> - synonym: Diala lauta (Adams)
- Diala virgata <small>Hedley, 1899</small> (taxon inquirendum)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Diala acuta <small>Carpenter, 1864</small>: synonym of Pseudodiala acuta <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Diala africana <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>: synonym of Diala almo <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>
- Diala almo <small>Bartsch, 1915</small>: synonym of Hydrobiidae incertae sedis almo <small>(Bartsch, 1915)</small> (original combination)
- Diala basispiralis <small>(Chapman-Smith & Grant-Mackie, 1971)</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala cacuminata <small>Laseron, 1956</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala capensis <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1889</small>: synonym of Alaba pinnae <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>
- Diala conica <small>Turton, 1932</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala cornea <small>A. Adams, 1861</small>: synonym of Alaba cornea <small>(A. Adams, 1861)</small>
- Diala diffilata <small>Laseron, 1956</small>: synonym of Alaba diffilata <small>(Laseron, 1956)</small>
- Diala electrina <small>Carpenter, 1864</small>: synonym of Lirobarleeia <small>Ponder, 1983</small>
- Diala flammea <small>Pease, 1868</small>: synonym of Diala sulcifera <small>(A. Adams, 1862)</small>
- Diala fragilis <small>Thiele, 1930</small>: synonym of Alaba fragilis <small>(Thiele, 1930)</small>
- Diala fuscopicta <small>E. A. Smith, 1890</small>: synonym of Barleeia fuscopicta <small>(E. A. Smith, 1890)</small>
- Diala hartmeyeri <small>Thiele, 1930</small>: synonym of Alaba hartmeyeri <small>(Thiele, 1930)</small>
- Diala infrasulcata <small>G.B. Sowerby III, 1892</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala lauta <small>(Adams, 1862)</small>: synonym of Diala suturalis <small>(A. Adams, 1863)</small>
- Diala leithii <small>(E. A. Smith, 1876)</small>: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii <small>(E. A. Smith, 1876)</small>
- Diala lirata <small>Laseron, 1950</small>: synonym of Diffalaba opiniosa <small>Iredale, 1936</small>
- Diala ludens <small>Melvill & Standen, 1895</small>: synonym of Diala albugo <small>(Watson, 1886)</small>
- Diala macula <small>Nevill, 1885</small>: synonym of Diala varia <small>A. Adams, 1861</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala marmorea <small>Carpenter, 1864</small>: synonym of Pseudodiala acuta <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Diala pinnae <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>: synonym of Alaba pinnae <small>(Krauss, 1848)</small>
- Diala planalba <small>Laseron, 1956</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala polita <small>Preston, 1905</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala simplex <small>E. A. Smith, 1875</small>: synonym of Barleeia simplex <small>(E. A. Smith, 1875)</small>
- Diala stricta <small>Habe, 1960</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala tesselata <small>Tenison-Woods, 1876</small>: synonym of Alaba monile <small>A. Adams, 1862</small>
- Diala translucida <small>Hedley, 1905</small>: synonym of Styliferina translucida <small>(Hedley, 1905)</small>
- Diala trilirata <small>Melvill, 1906</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala varia <small>Adams A., 1861</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala vestigia <small>Laseron, 1956</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
- Diala vitrea <small>G. B. Sowerby III, 1915</small>: synonym of Diffalaba vitrea <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1915)</small>
- Diala watsoni <small>Laseron, 1956</small>: synonym of Diala semistriata <small>(Philippi, 1849)</small>
Taxa inquirenda:
- â Diala angustifera <small>Nomura, 1935</small>
- Diala fragilis <small>(Fenaux, 1943)</small>
- Diala lirata <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864</small>
- Diala nodicincta <small>H. Adams & A. Adams, 1864</small>
- Diala succincta <small>A. Adams, 1870</small> (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
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