WoRMS taxon details
Diala varia A. Adams, 1861
139543 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139543)
accepted
Species
Diala macula G. Nevill, 1885 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Adams, A. (1861). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 8: 239-246., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602268
page(s): 243 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
Type locality contained in Chinese part of the Yellow Sea, Korean...
, Note Shan-Tung [now Shandong], China
Type locality Shan-Tung [now Shandong], China [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diala varia A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139543 on 2026-11-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Adams, A. (1861). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (3) 8: 239-246., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602268
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Diala macula G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 243 [details]
original description (of Diala macula G. Nevill, 1885) Nevill, G. (1885). <i>Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta</i>. Part II. Gastropoda. Prosobranchia-Neurobranchia (contd.). x + 306 pp. Office of Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. ["1884"; after 25 January 1885]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44691
page(s): 180 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Fan, Y.; Gong, J.; Han, X.; Zhang, X.; Tang, J.; Kong, L. (2026). Enhanced sampling of micromolluscs from coastal China sheds new light on the phylogeny of Cerithioidea (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), with the description of a new species. <em>Journal of Ocean University of China.</em> 26(1): 1-14., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-027-6596-5
page(s): 8, figs 1H, 4A, 4D–H, 5A–C; note: reinstated as valid [details] Available for editors
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status source Ponder, W. F.; de Keyzer, R. (1992). A revision of the genus <i>Diala</i> (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 6: 1019-1075., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9921019
page(s): 1023; note: treated as synonym of D. semistriata [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8, figs 1H, 4A, 4D–H, 5A–C; note: reinstated as valid [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Ponder, W. F.; de Keyzer, R. (1992). A revision of the genus <i>Diala</i> (Gastropoda: Cerithioidea: Dialidae). <em>Invertebrate Taxonomy.</em> 6: 1019-1075., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9921019
page(s): 1023; note: treated as synonym of D. semistriata [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details] 
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality Shan-Tung [now Shandong], China [details]
