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Alaba

Gastropoda - Litiopidae

Taxonomy
Alaba was named by Adams and A (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Weisbord (1962); to Diastomatinae by Hoerle (1972); to Litiopinae by Gardner (1947), Wilson (1993) and Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Alaba Adams and A.
1947Alaba Gardner p. 579
1962Alaba Weisbord p. 189
1972Alaba Hoerle p. 15
1993Alaba Wilson p. 127
2001Alaba Todd
2002Alaba Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyLitiopidae(Gray 1847)
genusAlabaAdams and A 1853

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. Alaba Adams and A. 1853
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†Alaba chipolana Dall 1892
Alaba incerta d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Alaba tervaricosa Adams 1845 [synonym]
Alaba supralirata Carpenter 1857
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Invalid names: Alaba jeannettae Bartsch 1910 [synonym]
†Alaba turrita Guppy 1896
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland A. sp. (22943)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) A. plicatovaricosa, A. varicifer (90600)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) A. sp. (99736)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) A. dubia (9072 9073 9075 9076 9077 9078 9079 9098 9114 9130 9131 9132 9133 9135 9169 9171 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) A. blakneyensis (179336) A. macneili (6005)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) A. chipolana (41760 42290 42328 42443 89574 89575 89576 92457 92458 92459 92461 92503 92505 92548 92550 92551 92556) A. dodona (42482)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy A. costellata (178108)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) A. elata (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia A. costellata (73139)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) A. sp. (136007)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) A. incerta (41552) A. insculpta (41541)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica A. turrita (134656)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador A. supralirata (96596)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Western Australia) A. pagodula (63352 63353)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela A. incerta (131210 131218 131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica A. turrita (58522 69090 69094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama A. tervaricosa (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) A. incerta (41556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador A. supralirata (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. catalinensis, A. jeannettae (96566)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) A. bowenensis (63351)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela A. incerta (131223)