Alaba (gastropod)

Alaba
Shell of Alaba culliereti (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
H. & A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms[1]
  • Australaba Laseron, 1956
  • Cerithiopsis (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Litiopa (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 superseded combination
  • Pseudobittium Dautzenberg, 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 superseded rank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:

Species brought into synonymy
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

  1. ^ a b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Public Domain 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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