Diancta is a genus of sea snails in the family Diplommatinidae.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
General characteristics (Original description in German) Due to the narrowing of the final two whorls and the localized constriction on the penultimate one, this likely forms a distinct group that could be named Diancta.Martens, E. von. (1864). Über neue Cyclostomaceen und Helicinen aus dem indischen Archipel. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1864: 116-121
Species Species within the genus Diancta include: Diancta aurea Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 Diancta aurita Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 Diancta basiplana Neubert & Bouchet, 2015 Diancta batubacan Nurinsiyah, Prasetia, Mujiono & Heryanto, 2025 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 phoenix Bochud, 2021 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