Alaba (gastropod)
Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.
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.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 Alaba cornea Alaba culliereti Alaba diffilata Alaba difformis Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862Alaba fragilis Alaba guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928Alaba hartmeyeri Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862Alaba incerta Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862Alaba interrupelineata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932Alaba jeanettae Bartsch, 1910Alaba leucosticta Alaba lixa Alaba lucida A. Adams, 1862Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862Alaba picta Alaba pinnae Alaba polyaulax Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862Alaba punctostriata A. Gould, 1861Alaba semipellucida Alaba subangulata A. Adams, 1862Alaba supralirata Carpenter, 1857Alaba vibex A. Adams, 1862Alaba zadela Melvill & Standen, 1896 Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862; Species brought into synonymy :Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi Alaba albugo Watson, 1886 synonym of Diala albugo Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella dubia Alaba coma Cotton, 1953: synonym of Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862Alaba conoidea Dall, 1889: synonym of Caelatura rustica Alaba fulva Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella rufocincta Alaba goniochila : synonym of Styliferina goniochila A. Adams, 1860Alaba incolorata Thiele, 1912: synonym of Bulimeulima incolorata Alaba interrupelineata : synonym of Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 Alaba leithii E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii Alaba magna : synonym of Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910Alaba martensi Issel, 1869: synonym of Diala sulcifera martensi Alaba mirabilis : synonym of Gibborissoia virgata Alaba mutans P. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans Alaba oldroydi Dall, 1905: synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi Alaba opiniosa : synonym of Diffalaba opiniosa Iredale, 1936Alaba pagodula A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862Alaba phasianella Angas, 1867: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862Alaba semistriata : synonym of Diala semistriata Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri Alaba striata Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860Alaba sulcata Watson, 1886: synonym of Doxander campbelli Alaba vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929: synonym of Diffalaba picta : synonym of Alaba picta Alaba terebralis Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis Alaba translucida : synonym of Styliferina translucida Alaba violacea Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis
;Taxa inquirenda:Alaba blanfordi A. Adams, 1862 Alaba copiosa Alaba senegalensis Maltzan, 1885Alaba warnefordiana Preston, 1908