Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Euthecosomata > Superfamily Cavolinioidea > Family Cavoliniidae > Subfamily Diacriinae

Diacria J. E. Gray, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Diacria rampalae Dupont, 1979
Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒラカメガイ属

Literature

original description	Gray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum. ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Janssen, A. W.; Bush, S. L. & Bednaršek, N. (2019). The shelled pteropods of the northeast Pacific Ocean (Mollusca: Heterobranchia, Pteropoda). Zoosymposia. 13: 305-346.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Diacria J. E. Gray, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137755