Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
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Description
edit(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. [2]
Distribution
editAlaba is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds. [3]
Species
editSpecies within the genus Alaba include:
- Alaba bowenensis (Laseron, 1956)
- Alaba cornea (A. Adams, 1861)
- Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891)[4]
- Alaba diffilata (Laseron, 1956)
- Alaba difformis (Laseron, 1956)
- Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba fragilis (Thiele, 1930)
- Alaba guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928[5]
- Alaba hartmeyeri (Thiele, 1930)
- Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894[6][7]
- Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba incerta (d'Orbigny, 1841)[8]
- Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba interrupelineata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
- Alaba jeanettae Bartsch, 1910
- Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861)
- Alaba lixa (Iredale, 1936)
- Alaba lucida A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
- Alaba pinnae (Krauss, 1848)
- Alaba polyaulax (Tomlin, 1923)
- Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba punctostriata A. Gould, 1861
- Alaba semipellucida (Preston, 1905)
- Alaba subangulata A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba supralirata Carpenter, 1857
- Alaba vibex A. Adams, 1862
- Alaba zadela Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862
- Species brought into synonymy
- Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) (superseded combination)
- Alaba albugo Watson, 1886[9] 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:[10] 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[11]: synonym of Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869) (superseded combination)
- Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926)[12]: 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):[13] synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
- Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
- Alaba striata Watson, 1886:[14] 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
edit- ^ a b Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2012.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Alaba. "Alaba". Gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- ^ Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba guayaquilensis (Bartsch, 1928). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 May 2019.
- ^ Alaba hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 May 2019.
- ^ Ueng, Yih-Tsong; Wang, Jiang-Ping (2006). "臺灣產糟糠螺科(Litiopidae)一種新記錄閃紋糟糠螺(Alaba Hungerfordi)之描述" [Alaba hungerfordi, New Record of Litiopidae (Gastropoda: Discopoda) from Taiwan]. Bulletin of Malacology (in Traditional Chinese and English). 30 (12). The Malacological Society of Taiwan: 27–30. ISSN 0250-6378.
- ^ Alaba incerta (d’Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba albugo Watson, 1886. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba fulva Watson, 1886. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba martensi Issel, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ Alaba striata Watson, 1886. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- 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 Biologia Tropical. 51 (supplement 3): 225–284.
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External links
edit- 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.
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