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Alia carinata (carinate dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella carinata was named by Hinds (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Amycla carinata by Gabb (1868); it was recombined as Astyris gausapata carinata by Keep (1892); it was recombined as Astyris carinata by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Columbella (Astyris) gausapata carinata by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Columbella gausapata carinata by Berry (1907); it was recombined as Columbella (Alia) carinata by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Mitrella carinata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Alia carinata by Hendy (2021).

Subspecies
Columbella (Alia) carinata hindsi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Anachis proba

Synonyms
  • Columbella hindsii was named by Reeve (1858). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Astyris carinata hindsii by Baker (1902); it was recombined as Columbella carinata hindsii by Dall (1916); it was recombined as Columbella (Alia) carinata hindsi by Dall (1921); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Mitrella carinata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Columbella carinata Hinds p. 39 figs. pl. 10, figs. 15, 16
1858Columbella hindsii Reeve figs. Pl. 23, Figs. 143a-b
1868Amycla carinata Gabb p. 76
1892Astyris gausapata carinata Keep p. 35
1895Astyris carinata Ashley p. 342
1902Astyris carinata hindsii Baker p. 40
1903Columbella (Astyris) gausapata carinata Arnold p. 240 figs. Plate X, Fig. 10
1907Columbella gausapata carinata Berry p. 41
1916Columbella carinata hindsii Dall p. 26
1921Columbella (Alia) carinata Dall p. 104
1921Columbella (Alia) carinata hindsi Dall p. 104
1931Mitrella carinata Grant, IV and Gale pp. 692-693 figs. pl. 27, fig. 35
2021Alia carinata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAliaRöding 1798
speciescarinata(Hinds 1844)

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.

Alia carinata Hinds 1844 [carinate dovesnail]
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Invalid names: Columbella (Astyris) californiana Gaskoin 1851 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Alia carinata (214270 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Mitrella carinata (238421)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Columbella carinata (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Mitrella carinata (237590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Mitrella carinata (231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (186841 186844) Columbella carinata (201624 240572) Mitrella carinata (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mitrella carinata (37933 37937 37938 37941 37942 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alia carinata, Columbella gausapata (207886) Columbella californiana (222663 222664) Columbella californiana, Columbella carinata (138723) Mitrella carinata (96894 202492 202493 202494 203095 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (96937) Astyris carinata (222674) Columbella carinata (240554 240555) Mitrella carinata (37673 96566 96895 160361 202490 202491 219029 226458 240580 240587 240604 240609 240612 240613 240617 240620 240621 240635 240636 240643 240650 240651 240653 240661)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Mitrella carinata (52347 67613 67641 226468)