Alaba H. Adams & A. Adams 1853

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

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

• 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