Alaba (gastropod)

Alaba
Shell of Alaba culliereti (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms [1]
AustralabaLaseron, 1956 Cerithiopsis (Alaba)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) Litiopa (Alaba)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 superseded combination PseudobittiumDautzenberg, 1890 Rissoa (Alaba)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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

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. ^[2]

Distribution

Alaba is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds. ^[3]

Species

Species 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• Alaba adamsiDall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) (superseded combination)
• Alaba albugoWatson, 1886 ^[9] synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
• Alaba catalinensisBartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• Alaba cerithidioidesDall, 1889: synonym of Finella dubia (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) (junior subjective synonym)
• Alaba comaCotton, 1953: synonym of Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
• Alaba conoideaDall, 1889: synonym of Caelatura rustica (R. B. Watson, 1886)
• Alaba fulvaWatson, 1886: ^[10] synonym of Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861)
• Alaba goniochila(A. Adams, 1860): synonym of Styliferina goniochila A. Adams, 1860
• Alaba incolorataThiele, 1912: synonym of Bulimeulima incolorata (Thiele, 1912)
• Alaba interrupelineata [sic]: synonym of Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (misspelling)
• Alaba leithiiE.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
• Alaba magna(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910): synonym of Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
• Alaba martensiIssel, 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 mutansP. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
• Alaba oldroydiDall, 1905: synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
• Alaba opiniosa(Iredale, 1936): synonym of Diffalaba opiniosa Iredale, 1936
• Alaba pagodulaA. Adams, 1862: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
• Alaba phasianellaAngas, 1867: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
• Alaba semistriata(Philippi, 1849): ^[13] synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
• Alaba serranaSmith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• Alaba striataWatson, 1886: ^[14] synonym of Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860
• Alaba sulcataWatson, 1886: synonym of Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
• Alaba vladivostokensisBartsch, 1929: synonym of Diffalaba picta (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
• Alaba terebralisCarpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)
• Alaba translucida(Hedley, 1905): synonym of Styliferina translucida (Hedley, 1905)
• Alaba violaceaCarpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)

Taxa inquirenda

• Alaba blanfordiA. Adams, 1862
• Alaba copiosa(Preston, 1915) (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
• Alaba senegalensisMaltzan, 1885
• Alaba warnefordianaPreston, 1908

References

1. Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1861 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 13 August 2012.
2. 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Alaba. "Alaba". Gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
4. Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
5. Alaba guayaquilensis (Bartsch, 1928) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 May 2019.
6. Alaba hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 3 May 2019.
7. 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.
8. Alaba incerta (d’Orbigny, 1841) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
9. Alaba albugo Watson, 1886 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
10. Alaba fulva Watson, 1886 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
11. Alaba martensi Issel, 1869 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
12. Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
13. Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
14. 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 Biología Tropical. 51 (supplement 3): 225–284.

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.
• 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. Archived from the original on April 9, 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
• Dall, W.H. (1922). "Note on Alaba and Diala". The Nautilus. 35 (3): 84–85. Retrieved 4 July 2024.