''Alaba'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Litiopidae
Litiopidae, common name litiopids, is a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.
According to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) the family Litiopidae has no subfamilies.
Genera ...
.
Description
(Original description) The elongated shell is turreted. It is smooth and semi-translucent, with
whorl
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s that occasionally feature a few irregular varices. They often have fine axial ribs or striations. The outer
lip
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is thin and simple, while the ovate
aperture
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is slightly emarginate at the anterior end.
Distribution
''Alaba'' is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds.
Species
Species within the genus ''Alaba'' include:
* ''
Alaba bowenensis''
(Laseron, 1956)
* ''
Alaba cornea''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''
Alaba culliereti''
(Dautzenberg, 1891)
* ''
Alaba diffilata''
(Laseron, 1956)
* ''
Alaba difformis''
(Laseron, 1956)
* ''
Alaba felina''
A. Adams, 1862
* ''
Alaba fragilis''
(Thiele, 1930)
* ''
Alaba guayaquilensis''
Bartsch, 1928
* ''
Alaba hartmeyeri''
(Thiele, 1930)
* ''
Alaba hungerfordi''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
* ''
Alaba imbricata''
A. Adams, 1862
* ''
Alaba incerta''
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
* ''
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 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: synonym of ''
Finella rufocincta''
(A. Adams, 1861)
* ''Alaba goniochila''
(A. Adams, 1860): synonym of ''
Styliferina goniochila
''Styliferina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Styliferina'' include:
* '' Styliferina goniochila'' A. Adams, 1860
* ''Styliferina lepida'' A. Adams, 1862
* ' ...
''
A. Adams, 1860
* ''Alaba incolorata''
Thiele, 1912: synonym of ''
Bulimeulima incolorata''
(Thiele, 1912)
* ''Alaba interrupelineata''
ic 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: synonym of ''
Diala sulcifera martensi''
(Issel, 1869) (superseded combination)
* ''Alaba mirabilis''
(Hornung & Mermod, 1926): 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): synonym of ''
Diala semistriata''
(Philippi, 1849)
* ''Alaba serrana''
Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of ''
Pseudosabinella bakeri''
(Bartsch, 1917)
* ''Alaba striata''
Watson, 1886:
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
''Styliferina'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Litiopidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Styliferina'' include:
* ''Styliferina goniochila'' A. Adams, 1860
* ''Styliferi ...
''
(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
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* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . 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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