Alaba supralirata

The length of the shell attains 6.8 mm, its diameter 2.6 mm. (original description) The shell is elongate-conic with very strong varices forming more or less continuous lines over the whorls. It is semitransparent. The protoconch consists of four whorls that continue the general outline of the spire with minimal interruption. The first whorl is smooth, while the subsequent whorls are marked by slender, axial riblets, with about forty-two riblets on each of the last two whorls. The spaces between these riblets are about twice as wide as the riblets themselves. Additionally, the last two whorls are marked by a slender spiral cord located about one-third of the distance between the sutures, anterior to the summit. The post-nuclear whorls are well-rounded and appressed at the summit. The first three post-nuclear whorls are smooth, while the fourth exhibits fine, irregularly spaced, incised lines that increase in size on the succeeding whorls, becoming very pronounced on the last whorls. On the penultimate whorl, there are ten such lines between the summit and the periphery. These lines, equally strong, pass over both the varices and the spaces between them. In addition to the spiral sculpture, the whorls are marked by conspicuous lines of growth. The suture is strongly constricted. …

This species occurs in the Mazatlan Basin in the Baja California Peninsula; also off Costa Rica and Ecuador.