Litiopidae: Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862 (‘beautiful alaba’)
Synonym(s): pulchra A. Adams, 1862 coma Cotton, 1953.
Typical shell-length 6.0 mm. Lives subtidally amongst seaweed and seagrass. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (TAS, VIC and SA).
Classification
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda – Sorbeoconcha
Order: Cerithiimorpha – Cerithiimorpha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Localities for Alaba pulchra
Cape Barren Island (unlocalised)
Coningham: foreshore
Flinders Island: Lillies Bay
Flinders Island: Sellars Lagoon
Georges Bay: Blanche Point
Greens Beach: main beach
King Island: Halfmoon Bay
Marrawah: West Point
Orford: Spring Beach
Stanley: West Inlet
Tamar River: Kelso: foreshore
Taroona (unlocalised)
