Diancta Explained

Diancta is a genus of sea snails in the family Diplommatinidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Diancta include:

• Diancta aurea Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta aurita Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta basiplana Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta constricta (Martens, 1864)
• Diancta controversa Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta crookshanksi Poppe, Tagaro & Sarino, 2015
• Diancta densecostulata Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta dextra Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta dilatata Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta distorta Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta graeffei Möllendorff, 1897
• Diancta halmaherica Greķe, 2017
• Diancta macrostoma (Mousson, 1870)
• Diancta martensi (H. Adams, 1866)
• Diancta multiplicata von Möllendorff, 1902
• Diancta obiensis Greķe, 2017
• Diancta pulchella Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta quadrata (Mousson, 1870)
• Diancta rotunda Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta subquadrata Neubert & Bouchet, 2015
• Diancta taviensis (Liardet, 1876)
• Diancta torta O. Boettger, 1891
• Diancta trilamellata Neubert & Bouchet, 2015

Species brought into synonymy:

• Diancta diepenheimi Preston, 1913: synonym of Palaina diepenheimi (Preston, 1913) (original combination)
• Diancta philippinica Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895: synonym of Paradiancta philippinica (Quadras & Möllendorff, 1895) (original combination)

References

• Neubert E. & Bouchet P., 2015. The Diplommatinidae of Fiji – a hotspot of Pacific land snail biodiversity (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea). ZooKeys 487: 1-85

External links

• Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Diancta E. von Martens, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995221 on 2020-10-20