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Alabininae

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Alabinidae was named by Dall (1927). It is extant. Its type is Alabina.

It was reranked as the subfamily Alabininae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Alabina (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Alabininae Bouchet et al. p. 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyAlabininae(Dall 1927)
subfamilyAlabininae(Dall 1927)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Alabininae Dall 1927
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G. Alabina Dall 1902
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Subg. †Alabina (Caloosalba) Olsson and Harbison 1953
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†Alabina barbarensis Bartsch 1911
Alabina tenuisculpta Carpenter 1864 [fine-scupltured cerith]
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Invalid names: Alabina monicensis Bartsch 1911 [synonym]
Alabina turrita Carpenter 1864 [turreted aclis]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Alabina menthafontis (5500)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Alabina asperoides (112597)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Alabina boiplex (92562 92564) Alabina boiplex, Alabina turbatrix (89574 89575 89576 92379 92457 92458 92459 92460 92461 92501 92502 92503 92505 92513 92544 92546 92548 92550 92551 92555 92556 92560 92561 92567)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) Alabina sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Alabina sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Alabina canaliculata (90618 131367 131368 131519)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Alabina sp. (61342 136016 145522)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Alabina sp. (136033 136122)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Alabina sp. (61334 79785 79790 79791 79792 79985 79997 136014)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Alabina sp. (60675)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Alabina canaliculata (93601 93709 93710 93717 94106 131374)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Alabina sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Alabina cereola (41550) Alabina venezuelana (41541)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Alabina cerithioides (131332) Alabina sp. (131333 131334)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Alabina sp. (79777 79982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Alabina asperoides (134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Alabina curta (58522 69090 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Alabina sp. (61339 61340 61344)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Alabina sp. (61341 61343 79772 79794 79983 79989 79999 80000)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Alabina sp. (79796 79798 79799 79800 79803 79990 79991)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) Alabina sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Alabina tenuisculpta (202495 202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Alabina sp. a (41501)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Alabina sp. (237610)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Alabina sp. (79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Styliferina tenuisculpta (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alabina io, Alabina tenuisculpta (96589) Alabina monicensis (222679) Alabina tenuisculpta (22632 28157 96566 219030 222966) Alabina tenuisculpta, Alabina turrita (160361 219029)