Diala semistriata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Dialidae
Genus:	Diala
Species:	D. semistriata
Binomial name
Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
Synonyms[1]
Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849) Barleeia imbricata R. B. Watson, 1886 Ceratia variegata Tapparone-Canefri, 1877 Diala cacumenata C. F. Laseron, 1956 Diala conica H. W. Turton, 1932 Diala infrasulcata G. B. Sowerby III, 1892 Diala planalba C. F. Laseron, 1956 Diala polita H. B. Preston, 1905 Diala varia A. Adams, 1861 Diala vestigia C. F. Laseron, 1956 Diala watsoni C. F. Laseron, 1956

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

The shell size varies between 1.9 mm and 4.5 mm.

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar, in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.

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• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Annu. Rev. 43: 419–453

• "Diala semistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 30 January 2011.