Alaba (gastropod)

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Alaba include:

• Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891)[2]
• Alaba guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928[3]
• Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894[4][5]
• Alaba incerta (d’Orbigny, 1841)[6]
• Alaba interrupelineata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Alaba jeanettae Bartsch, 1910
• Alaba martensi Issel, 1869[7]
• Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926)[8]
• Alaba pinnae (Krauss, 1848)
• Alaba supralirata Carpenter, 1857
• Alaba zadela Melvill & Standen, 1896

Species brought into synonymy

• Alaba albugo Watson, 1886:[9] synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
• Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• 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 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):[11] synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
• Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
• Alaba striata Watson, 1886:[12] 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

1. Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2012.
2. Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
3. Alaba guayaquilensis (Bartsch, 1928). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 May 2019.
4. Alaba hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 May 2019.
5. 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 Chinese and English). The Malacological Society of Taiwan. 30 (12): 27–30. ISSN 0250-6378.
6. Alaba incerta (d’Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
7. Alaba martensi Issel, 1869. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
8. Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926). 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 semistriata (Philippi, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
12. Alaba striata Watson, 1886. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.

• 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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