# Alaba (gastropod)

Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.

## Description

(Original description) The elongated shell is turreted. It is smooth and semi-translucent, with whorls that occasionally feature a few irregular varices. They often have fine axial ribs or striations. The outer lip is thin and simple, while the ovate aperture is slightly emarginate at the anterior end.

## Distribution

Alaba is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds.

## Species

Species within the genus Alaba include:
* Alaba bowenensis (Laseron, 1956)
* Alaba cornea (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alaba culliereti (Dautzenberg, 1891)
* Alaba diffilata (Laseron, 1956)
* Alaba difformis (Laseron, 1956)
* Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba fragilis (Thiele, 1930)
* Alaba guayaquilensis Bartsch, 1928
* Alaba hartmeyeri (Thiele, 1930)
* Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
* Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba incerta (d'Orbigny, 1841)
* Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba interrupelineata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
* Alaba jeanettae Bartsch, 1910
* Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alaba lixa (Iredale, 1936)
* Alaba lucida A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alaba pinnae (Krauss, 1848)
* Alaba polyaulax (Tomlin, 1923)
* Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba punctostriata A. Gould, 1861
* Alaba semipellucida (Preston, 1905)
* Alaba subangulata A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba supralirata Carpenter, 1857
* Alaba vibex A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba zadela Melvill & Standen, 1896
* Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862

### Species brought into synonymy

* Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889) (superseded combination)
* Alaba albugo Watson, 1886 synonym of Diala albugo (Watson, 1886)
* Alaba catalinensis Bartsch, 1920: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
* Alaba cerithidioides Dall, 1889: synonym of Finella dubia (A. d'Orbigny, 1840) (junior subjective synonym)
* Alaba coma Cotton, 1953: synonym of Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba conoidea Dall, 1889: synonym of Caelatura rustica (R. B. Watson, 1886)
* Alaba fulva Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella rufocincta (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alaba goniochila (A. Adams, 1860): synonym of Styliferina goniochila A. Adams, 1860
* Alaba incolorata Thiele, 1912: synonym of Bulimeulima incolorata (Thiele, 1912)
* Alaba interrupelineata [sic]: synonym of Alaba interruptelineata Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (misspelling)
* Alaba leithii E.A. Smith, 1876: synonym of Mainwaringia leithii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
* Alaba magna (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910): synonym of Cingulina magna Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910
* Alaba martensi Issel, 1869: synonym of Diala sulcifera martensi (Issel, 1869) (superseded combination)
* Alaba mirabilis (Hornung & Mermod, 1926): synonym of Gibborissoia virgata (R. A. Philippi, 1849)
* Alaba mutans P. P. Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Lapsigyrus mutans (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (original combination)
* Alaba oldroydi Dall, 1905: synonym of Lirobarleeia kelseyi (Dall & Bartsch, 1902)
* Alaba opiniosa (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Diffalaba opiniosa Iredale, 1936
* Alaba pagodula A. Adams, 1862: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba phasianella Angas, 1867: synonym of Alaba monile A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba semistriata (Philippi, 1849): synonym of Diala semistriata (Philippi, 1849)
* Alaba serrana Smith & Gordon, 1948: synonym of Pseudosabinella bakeri (Bartsch, 1917)
* Alaba striata Watson, 1886: synonym of Finella pupoides Adams A., 1860
* Alaba sulcata Watson, 1886: synonym of Doxander campbelli (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
* Alaba vladivostokensis Bartsch, 1929: synonym of Diffalaba picta (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Alaba picta (A. Adams, 1861)
* Alaba terebralis Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)
* Alaba translucida (Hedley, 1905): synonym of Styliferina translucida (Hedley, 1905)
* Alaba violacea Carpenter, 1857: synonym of Microeulima terebralis (Carpenter, 1857)

### Taxa inquirenda

* Alaba blanfordi A. Adams, 1862
* Alaba copiosa (Preston, 1915) (unassessed, use in recent literature not established by editor)
* Alaba senegalensis Maltzan, 1885
* Alaba warnefordiana Preston, 1908