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Alabina

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Alabina was named by Dall (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Alabinidae.

It was assigned to Alabinidae by Dall (1927); to Cerithiadae by Weisbord (1962); to Diastomatinae by Hoerle (1972); to Scaliolidae by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Alabininae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Alabina Dall
1927Alabina Dall p. 87
1962Alabina Weisbord p. 186
1972Alabina Hoerle p. 15
2001Alabina Todd
2002Alabina Sepkoski
2005Alabina Bouchet et al. p. 22

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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)
genusAlabinaDall 1902

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.

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
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Invalid names: Alabina monicensis Bartsch 1911 [synonym]
Alabina turrita Carpenter 1864
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): 28.1 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) A. menthafontis (5500)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) A. asperoides (112597)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) A. boiplex (92562 92564) A. boiplex, A. 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)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama A. asperoides (52173)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) A. sp. (61334 79785 79790 79791 79792 79985 79997 136014)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) A. sp. (136033 136122)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama A. asperoides (52170 52174 93144 93172) A. sp. (61342 136016 145522)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela A. sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic A. canaliculata (90618 131367 131368 131519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) A. sp. (60675)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) A. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic A. canaliculata (93601 93709 93710 93717 94106 131374)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador A. cerithioides (131332) A. sp. (131333 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) A. cereola (41550) A. venezuelana (41541)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (79777 79982)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) A. asperoides (134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica A. curta (58522 69090 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) A. sp. (79796 79798 79799 79800 79803 79990 79991)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) A. sp. (61341 61343 79772 79794 79983 79989 79999 80000)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) A. sp. (61339 61340 61344)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) A. sp. a (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) A. sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) A. tenuisculpta (202495 202496)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) A. sp. (79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Styliferina tenuisculpta (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. io, A. tenuisculpta (96589) A. monicensis (222679) A. tenuisculpta (22632 28157 59063 96566 219030 222966) A. tenuisculpta, A. turrita (160361 219029)