WoRMS taxon details
Alaba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
138133 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138133)
accepted
Genus
Rissoa melanura C. B. Adams, 1850 accepted as Alaba incerta (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (type by subsequent designation)
Australaba Laseron, 1956 · unaccepted
Cerithiopsis (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Litiopa (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pseudobittium Dautzenberg, 1890 · unaccepted
Rissoa (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Alaba bowenensis (Laseron, 1956)
- Species Alaba cornea (A. Adams, 1861)
- Species Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1890)
- Species Alaba diffilata (Laseron, 1956)
- Species Alaba difformis (Laseron, 1956)
- Species Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba fragilis (Thiele, 1930)
- Species Alaba guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928
- Species Alaba hartmeyeri (Thiele, 1930)
- Species Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
- Species Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba incerta (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
- Species Alaba jeanettae Bartsch, 1910
- Species Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861)
- Species Alaba lixa (Iredale, 1936)
- Species Alaba lucida A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
- Species Alaba pinnae (Krauss, 1848)
- Species Alaba polyaulax (Tomlin, 1923)
- Species Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba punctostriata A. A. Gould, 1861
- Species Alaba semipellucida (Preston, 1905)
- Species Alaba subangulata A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba supralirata P. P. Carpenter, 1857
- Species Alaba vibex A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba zadela Melvill & Standen, 1896
- Species Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba blanfordi A. Adams, 1862 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Alaba copiosa (Preston, 1915) (uncertain > unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
- Species Alaba senegalensis Maltzan, 1885 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Alaba warnefordiana Preston, 1908 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Subgenus Alaba (Diala) A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Diala A. Adams, 1861 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Alaba (Diala) albugo R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Diala albugo (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba (Diala) lauta A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1853)
- Species Alaba (Diala) leithii E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Mainwaringia leithii (E. A. Smith, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba (Diala) rufilabris A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Tatea rufilabris (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba (Diala) sulcifera A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Diala sulcifera (A. Adams, 1862) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba (Diala) suturalis (A. Adams, 1853) accepted as Diala suturalis (A. Adams, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Alaba (Gibborissoa) Cossmann, 1921 accepted as Alaba (Gibborissoia) Sacco, 1895 accepted as Gibborissoia Sacco, 1895 (unjustified emendation of Gibborissoia)
- Subgenus Alaba (Gibborissoia) Sacco, 1895 accepted as Gibborissoia Sacco, 1895 (original rank)
- Subgenus Alaba (Stiliferina) A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Styliferina A. Adams, 1860 (misspelling)
- Species Alaba (Stiliferina) fulva R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba (Stiliferina) striata R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba (Stiliferina) sulcata R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Doxander campbellii (J. E. Gray, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889 accepted as Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba albugo R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Diala albugo (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920 accepted as Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889 accepted as Finella dubia (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba coma Cotton, 1953 accepted as Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba conoidea Dall, 1890 accepted as Caelatura rustica (R. B. Watson, 1886) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba fulva R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba goniochila (A. Adams, 1860) accepted as Styliferina goniochila A. Adams, 1860
- Species Alaba incolorata Thiele, 1912 accepted as Hemiaclis incolorata (Thiele, 1912) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba interrupelineata [sic] accepted as Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (misspelling)
- Species Alaba leithii E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Mainwaringia leithii (E. A. Smith, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba magna (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910) accepted as Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
- Species Alaba martensi Issel, 1869 accepted as Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926) accepted as Gibborissoia virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
- Species Alaba mutans P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Lapsigyrus mutans (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
- Species Alaba oldroydi Dall, 1905 accepted as Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902) (junior synonym)
- Species Alaba opiniosa (Iredale, 1936) accepted as Diffalaba opiniosa Iredale, 1936
- Species Alaba pagodula A. Adams, 1862 accepted as Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
- Species Alaba phasianella Angas, 1867 accepted as Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba semistriata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Diala semistriata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba serrana A. G. Smith & M. Gordon, 1948 accepted as Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917) (junior synonym)
- Species Alaba striata R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Finella pupoides A. Adams, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba sulcata R. B. Watson, 1886 accepted as Doxander campbellii (J. E. Gray, 1833) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba terebralis P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Microeulima terebralis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
- Species Alaba translucida (Hedley, 1905) accepted as Styliferina translucida (Hedley, 1905)
- Species Alaba violacea P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Microeulima terebralis (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Alaba virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) accepted as Gibborissoia virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Alaba vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929 accepted as Diffalaba picta (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
marine
(of Cerithiopsis (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Alaba H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138133 on 2026-06-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pseudobittium Dautzenberg, 1890) Dautzenberg, Ph. (1890). Récoltes malacologiques de M. l'Abbé Culliéret aux Ïles Canaries et au Sénégal en janvier et février 1890. Mem. Soc. Zool. France III: 147-168, plate II, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10111346
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original description (of Australaba Laseron, 1956) Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 7 (3): 384-484., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9560384 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Cerithiopsis (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 166 [details]
original description (of Australaba Laseron, 1956) Laseron, C. F. (1956). The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian zoogeographical provinces. <em>Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.</em> 7 (3): 384-484., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/mf9560384 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cerithiopsis (Alaba) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): 1: 241 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Golikov, A. N.; Kussakin, O. G. (1978). Shell-bearing gastropods of the intertidal zone of the seas of the USSR. [Голиков А.Н., Кусакин О.Г. 1978. Раковинные брюхоногие моллюски литорали морей СССР. Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР, 116: 292 с.]. <em>Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, izdavayemye Zoologicheskim Institutom AN SSSR.</em> 116: 1-292 [In Russian].
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additional source Dall, W. H. (1922). Note on <i>Alaba</i> and <i>Diala</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 35(3): 84-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712084 [details]
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dall, W. H. (1922). Note on <i>Alaba</i> and <i>Diala</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 35(3): 84-85., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1712084 [details]
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