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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Cerithioidea

Familia: Dialidae
Genera (3): Diala – Mellitestea – Paradiala
Name

Dialidae Kay, 1979
Synonyms

Dialinae Kay, 1979

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Dialidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Dialidae, common name dialids, is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cerithioidea .[3]

According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the family Dialidae has no subfamilies.
Genera

Genus within the family Dialidae include:

Diala A. Adams, 1861 - type genus of the family Dialidae,[3] synonym: Laevitesta Laseron, 1950
† Glosia Cossmann, 1921: extinct genus that belongs to the Neotaenioglossa
Mellitestea Laseron, 1956
Paradiala Laseron, 1956
† Rissoalaba Oyama, 1954 [4]

References

Kay E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells, page 114.
Strong E. E., Colgan D. J., Healy J. M., Lydeard C., Ponder W. F. & Glaubrecht M. (2011). "Phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Cerithioidea using morphology and molecules". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162(1): 43-89. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00670.x.
Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Gbif : Rissoalaba

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