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Alaba incerta

Gastropoda - Litiopidae

Taxonomy
Eulima incerta was named by d'Orbigny (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; circum-Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Alaba incerta by Weisbord (1962) and Rosenberg (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Eulima incerta d'Orbigny p. 218 figs. pl. 176, figs. 7, 9
1845Rissoa tervaricosa Adams
1913Alaba tervaricosa Brown and Pilsbry
1962Alaba incerta Weisbord p. 190
2005Alaba incerta Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyLitiopidae(Gray 1847)
genusAlabaAdams and A 1853
speciesincerta(d'Orbigny 1842)

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.

Alaba incerta d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Alaba tervaricosa Adams 1845 [synonym]
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 07:12:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:12:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Alaba incerta (41552)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Alaba incerta (131210 131218 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) Alaba incerta (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Alaba tervaricosa (80304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Alaba incerta (131223)