Alaba (gastropod)
Encyclopedia
Alaba is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family
Litiopidae
.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Litiopidae
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 the family Litiopidae has no subfamilies.-Genera:...
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Species
Species within the genus Alaba include:- Alaba cullieretiAlaba cullieretiAlaba culliereti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
(Dautzenberg, 1891) - Alaba fulvaAlaba fulvaAlaba fulva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
Watson, 1886 - Alaba hungerfordiAlaba hungerfordiAlaba hungerfordi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
Yih-Tsong & Jiang-Ping, 2006 - Alaba incertaAlaba incertaAlaba incerta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
(d’Orbigny, 1841) - Alaba martensiAlaba martensiAlaba martensi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
Issel, 1869 - Alaba mirabilisAlaba mirabilisAlaba mirabilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
(Hornung & Mermod, 1926) - Alaba striataAlaba striataAlaba striata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae....
Watson, 1886 - Alaba translucida (Hedley, 1905)
Species brought into synonymy :
- Alaba albugo Watson, 1886 : synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
- Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920 : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
- Alaba incolorata Thiele, 1912 : synonym of Bulimeulima incolorata (Thiele, 1912)
- Alaba leithii E.A. Smith, 1876 : synonym of Mainwaringia leithiiMainwaringia leithiiMainwaringia leithii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles....
(E.A. Smith, 1876) - Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849) : synonym of Diala semistriataDiala semistriataDiala semistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dialidae.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa, Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar, in the Western Pacific Ocean, in the Red Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea.- Further reading...
(Philippi, 1849) - Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948 : synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
- Alaba sulcata Watson, 1886 : synonym of Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
- Alaba terebralis Carpenter, 1857 : synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)
- Alaba violacea Carpenter, 1857 : synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)