- Source: Alaba (gastropod)
Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.
Description
(Original description) The elongated shell is turreted. It is smooth and semi-translucent, with whorls that occasionally feature a few irregular varices. They often have fine axial ribs or striations. The outer lip is thin and simple, while the ovate aperture is slightly emarginate at the anterior end.
Distribution
Alaba is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds.
Species
Species within the genus Alaba include:
Species brought into synonymy
Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) (superseded combination)
Alaba albugo Watson, 1886 synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella dubia (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) (junior subjective synonym)
Alaba coma Cotton, 1953: synonym of Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
Alaba conoidea Dall, 1889: synonym of Caelatura rustica (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Alaba fulva Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861)
Alaba goniochila (A. Adams, 1860): synonym of Styliferina goniochila A. Adams, 1860
Alaba incolorata Thiele, 1912: synonym of Bulimeulima incolorata (Thiele, 1912)
Alaba interrupelineata [sic]: synonym of Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (misspelling)
Alaba leithii E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Alaba magna (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910): synonym of Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
Alaba martensi Issel, 1869: synonym of Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869) (superseded combination)
Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926): synonym of Gibborissoia virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
Alaba mutans P. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
Alaba oldroydi Dall, 1905: synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
Alaba opiniosa (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Diffalaba opiniosa Iredale, 1936
Alaba pagodula A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
Alaba phasianella Angas, 1867: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
Alaba striata Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860
Alaba sulcata Watson, 1886: synonym of Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Alaba vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929: synonym of Diffalaba picta (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
Alaba terebralis Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)
Alaba translucida (Hedley, 1905): synonym of Styliferina translucida (Hedley, 1905)
Alaba violacea Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)
Taxa inquirenda
Alaba blanfordi A. Adams, 1862
Alaba copiosa (Preston, 1915) (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
Alaba senegalensis Maltzan, 1885
Alaba warnefordiana Preston, 1908
References
Laseron, C.F. (1956). "The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces". Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 7 (3): 384–484. doi:10.1071/MF9560384.
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 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
Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biología Tropical. 51 (supplement 3): 225–284.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
Adams, H. & Adams, A (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization (vol1 -vol 3 ed.). London: van Voorst. pp. 1–241. Retrieved 4 July 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Dautzenberg, Ph. (1890). "Récoltes malacologiques de M. l'Abbé Culliéret aux Ïles Canaries et au Sénégal en janvier et février 1890". Mem. Soc. Zool. France. III: 147–168. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). "Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР". Opredeliteli Po Faune SSSR, Izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR. 116: 1–292. Retrieved 4 July 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Dall, W.H. (1922). "Note on Alaba and Diala". The Nautilus. 35 (3): 84–85. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Alaba (gastropod)
- Alaba lixa
- Alaba bowenensis
- Alaba
- Alaba diffilata
- Alaba difformis
- Alaba fragilis
- Alaba pulchra
- Alaba hartmeyeri
- Alaba lucida
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