Alaba (gastropod)

Alaba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Eulima (Stiliferina)
  • Pseudobittium Dautzenberg, 1890
  • Styliferina A. Adams, 1860

Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Alaba include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Alaba albugo Watson, 1886:[7] synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
  • Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
  • Alaba fulva Watson, 1886:[8] 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 leithii E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
  • Alaba oldroydi Dall, 1905 : synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
  • Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849):[9] synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
  • Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
  • Alaba striata Watson, 1886:[10] synonym of Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860
  • Alaba sulcata Watson, 1886: synonym of Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • 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)

References

  • 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, plate II, page(s): 166
  • 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


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