WoRMS name details
Diala almo Bartsch, 1915
761815 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761815)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 123, pl. 6, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 123, pl. 6, fig. 2 [details]
Type locality contained in Port Alfred
type locality contained in Port Alfred [details]
Taxonomic remark Ponder & Keyzer (1992) referred this species to the Hydrobiidae
Taxonomic remark Ponder & Keyzer (1992) referred this species to the Hydrobiidae [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Diala almo Bartsch, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761815 on 2026-05-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Bartsch, P. (1915). Report on the Turton Collection of South African marine mollusks, with additional notes on other South African shells contained in the United States National Museum. <em>Bulletin. United States National Museum.</em> 91: xii + 305 pp., 54 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32699
page(s): 123, pl. 6, fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 123, pl. 6, fig. 2 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy 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): 1073; note: Ponder & Keyzer (1992) referred this species to the Hydrobiidae [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Fukuda, H.; Ponder, W. F.; Criscione, F. (2026). A new genus <i>Davisassiminea</i> (Truncatelloidea: Assimineidae) from southeastern South Africa. <em>Malacologia.</em> 68(1/2): 27-61.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388 [details]
page(s): 1073; note: Ponder & Keyzer (1992) referred this species to the Hydrobiidae [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Fukuda, H.; Ponder, W. F.; Criscione, F. (2026). A new genus <i>Davisassiminea</i> (Truncatelloidea: Assimineidae) from southeastern South Africa. <em>Malacologia.</em> 68(1/2): 27-61.
page(s): 40 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Barnard, K. H. (1963). Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part III. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Taenioglossa. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 47(1): 1-199., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854388 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Ponder & Keyzer (1992) referred this species to the Hydrobiidae [details]
